16 October 2019 21:51
Qatar: Fourth Community Leaders Forum Conducted
For the fourth time in two years, the Community Leaders Forum (CLF) on Workers’ Welfare was convened jointly by Qatar’s Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) and BWI on 8 October 2019. The fourth CLF was specifically geared to the concerns and issues impacting African migrant communities in Qatar. Lee mas...
16 October 2019 15:34
Kyrgyzstan: Union vows to remain united despite pressure from government Lee mas...
15 October 2019 02:13
From 2 September to December 2019, the BWI Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (BWI LAC Region) is developing a solidarity campaign in support of the Cuban people called: #UnblockCuba.Lee mas...
13 October 2019 14:54
Trade unionists, Indigenous people, students, peasants, teachers and public workers are protesting in Quito and other cities across Ecuador against austerity measures announced by President Lenin Moreno. 700 have been detained, at least four killed and dozens injured. Lee mas...
11 October 2019 15:21
The Confederation of Workers of Public and Private Sectors (CTSP) is the national center of CMWEU, BWI’s affiliate in Mauritius. The CTSP and its affiliates’ 16-year struggle to improve the living and working conditions of workers in Mauritius resulted in an astounding victory. Since February 2009, the trade union movement in Mauritius have been fighting for better protection of workers, when much of their rights were taken away with the introduction of an anti-workers’ Labour Law in 2009.
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11 October 2019 13:16
11 October 2019 – After Canakkale Forestry Directorate applied for FSC certification, TARIM ORMAN-IS, the only Turkish member of FSC International, was invited to comment on the Directorate’s activities by Soil Association in the pre-examination process.Lee mas...
10 October 2019 10:17
After the 32-day strike of 2016 led by SINTEC/FETRACOMA, an organization affiliated to BWI in Chile, construction workers are again forced to start an indefinite strike, this time, against STRABAG's proposals in the Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Project.Lee mas...