13 July 2017 06:02
Macedonia: SSHDE sigue centrándose en la negociación colectiva
The Trade Union of the workers in Forestry, Wood Industry and Energy of the Republic of Macedonia (SSHDE) is continuously working to achieve one of the most important goals and objectives of the unions, which is the regulation of the rights and obligations of the workers and employers through the collective bargaining process.Lee mas...
10 July 2017 09:51
For the last week, Immigration Department enforcement officers across Malaysia have carried out raids on workers’ living quarters as part of a crackdown on irregular workers without valid documentationLee mas...
10 July 2017 05:55
A mass informal migration out of Thailand is continuing, following new rules to crackdown on unregistered migrant workers. On Tuesday the Thai Government announced that the grace period for implementing the rules will now be extended from 120 to 180 days until 1 January 2018, giving unions and NGOs more time for monitoring and to push for further consultationLee mas...
10 July 2017 05:51
In South Korea the Court of First Instance passed judgement on three detained trade union leaders of the Pohang Branch of the Korean Plant Construction Workers’ Union (KPCWU).Lee mas...
04 July 2017 12:41
A panel during the recent BWI Global Conference on Nexus of Sports and Migration in June 2017 in Berlin underscored the idea that trade unions and other organisations should see mega-sports events as opportunities to trigger social change on labour and human rights issues.Lee mas...
04 July 2017 12:28
The first ever BWI Global Summer School has just begun on 03 July in Eastbourne (United Kingdom), hosted by Unite the Union. With the recent electoral successes of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in the UK being built off the back of the active involvement of both the trade union and youth movements, there couldn’t be a better place for 26 young trade union leaders to spend a few days sharing their struggles, strategies and successes in an increasingly polarised world.
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04 July 2017 06:41
On 10 June 2017, the Federation of Building and Wood Workers of Nicaragua (FITCM-N), a federation affiliated to the BWI in this country, reported on the most recent and worrying proposals of reforms to the Nicaraguan Social Security Law, which will affect the rights of insured workers in the future.Lee mas...
04 July 2017 05:38
Once again, the runs in Schimmert Netherlands gathered children and adults to run for a child labour free world. The event took place on 18 June 2017.Lee mas...
03 July 2017 16:06
“Behind today’s mega sports events are an army of construction workers, labouring in unsafe conditions with little oversight or regulation”, BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson told an audience attending the BWI Global Conference on the Nexus of Sports and Migration on 27-28 June in Berlin, Germany.Lee mas...