28 May 2020 08:32
Indonesian workers win Eid payment from Chinese power plant construction site
Indonesian union, SERBUK has successfully negotiated payment of Eid contributions owed by PT Guangdong Power Engineering Co., to seventy-four (74) workers at the ‘PLTU Sumsel 1’ coal power plant construction site in Sumatra. Lee mas...
28 May 2020 07:37
As a result of its dialogue with Eiffage Senegal, a civil engineering company, the National Union of Construction Workers (SNTC/BTP) strengthened its initiatives to protect workers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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27 May 2020 13:41
With the COVID-19 pandemic mutating from a health crisis into a global economic crisis, workers from different parts of the world are pushing back to protect their health, jobs and incomes.
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27 May 2020 10:05
Beijing has directly imposed a new set of national security laws in Hong Kong criminalizing acts such as secession, subversion, foreign interference and terrorism. Hong Kong unions have criticised the move, calling it an end to Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” framework and saying that its target is to put an end to the democracy movement. Lee mas...
26 May 2020 12:54
On 22 May, fifteen women trade union leaders, officials and activists from BWI’s European affiliates, including BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson, met online to discuss the challenges women face in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. Lee mas...
26 May 2020 04:16
Responding to the call of the Central Trade Unions (CTU), BWI Indian affiliates on 22 May joined a nationwide peaceful protest against the suspension of labour rights in major states in India and the deplorable plight of migrant workers. Lee mas...
24 May 2020 08:52
The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP)
condemned several policies issued by the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which it said cut workers’ wages and benefits, and suspend labour rights.
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22 May 2020 13:49
El Sindicato de Servidores Civiles de los Sectores de Agricultura, Silvicultura, Ganadería y Medio Ambiente (TARIM ORMAN-IS) se opuso a las medidas de la Dirección General de Silvicultura de Turquía que proponen recortar unilateralmente de los salarios de los trabajadores una partida económica, como parte de la campaña de donación por el COVID-19 implementada por el gobierno. El sindicato dijo que los trabajadores, especialmente los miembros del sindicato, que se negaron a contribuir a la campaña fueron amenazados por los gerentes la empresa. Lee mas...
22 May 2020 11:37
El Consejo de Sindicatos Globales (CGU, por sus siglas en inglés), que representa a más de 200 millones de trabajadores de toda la Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI) y las Federaciones Sindicales Internacionales, incluido el Comité Asesor Sindical de la OCDE, condena la suspensión de leyes laborales por parte de algunos Estados indios, como medida aplicada durante la crisis provocada por el COVID-19. Lee mas...