10 March 2020 12:38
DIM 2020: Entrevista con Lesia Husak de PROFBUD
Lesia Husak is a company level trade union leader from Ukraine. She is very active at the national scale on the issues of gender equality and women rights. Lesia is also a member of the BWI European Regional Women’s Committee where she represents women from Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland. Lesia is leading the campaign in Central Asia and Eastern Europe for the ratification of the ILO Convention 190.
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10 March 2020 07:59
120 Indonesian construction workers have gone on strike to protest a wide range of workers’ rights violations, including workplace discrimination, unlawful wages, non-payment of overtime, labour contractualisation, poor health and safety practices and illegal layoffs. The workers are employed by the Guandong Power Electric Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned Energy China.Lee mas...
09 March 2020 13:43
"Working in the construction industry is like going to the gym. I enjoy it. Construction work is not only for men, it is for women too. If you want to be a mason, carpenter or drive a tractor, just go for it. Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do all of these things just because you are not a man."Lee mas...
08 March 2020 12:44
The BWI and Bayanihan ng Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon ng Qatar (BMKQ) made history on Friday when they jointly organised a workshop to celebrate International Women’s Day in Qatar.
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03 March 2020 16:02
Histadrut, the Israel Builders' Association and the Crane Operators Employers' Association signed a memorandum of understanding ensuring decent and safe employment of legitimate crane operators against unauthorized crane operator companies employing unlicensed crane operators Lee mas...
03 March 2020 13:13
The BWI has condemned the arrest of Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), along with two other prominent pro-democracy leaders, Yeung Sum and Jimmy Lai. Lee mas...
03 March 2020 10:03
Last year, the International Labour Conference adopted C 190 (2019), Violence and Harassment. Its adoption was a major accomplishment, not only because it had been a major priority for BWI and the rest of the global trade union for years, but because the content is clear and strong. Lee mas...