03 December 2018 14:08
Kenya: No Exploitation for development in Infrastructure Projects
From 27 to 29 November 2018, 25 Unions’ Research Experts for Organising in International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Multinational Corporations (MNCs) met in Nairobi, Kenya to share the results of a study made by a research team of Profundo on a sample selection of five IFIs projects in East Africa.Lee mas...
29 November 2018 11:18
As part of its strategy to gain respect for the rights and improve the conditions of migrant workers in Qatar, the global union federation Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) signed an agreement with QDVC and VINCI on workers’ rights, occupational health and safe- ty and workers’ welfare, including both working and living conditions. Lee mas...
23 November 2018 08:49
The BWI-Asia Pacific, along with the Asia-Pacific Regional Offices of four other global union federations, have released a statement calling on the Government of Cambodia to drop charges filed against six independent trade union leaders from the garment sector.Lee mas...
20 November 2018 15:26
Around 200 participants participated in the congress of Fédération Générale Force-Ouvrière Construction, FO, held in Marne-la-Vallée on 14-15 November 2018 in France. Frank Serra was re-elected as general secretary of the union. International guests participated in the event from Belgium, Italy, Switzerland as well as the BWILee mas...
20 November 2018 08:15
In Seoul, South Korea at the National Assembly the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Union (KFCITU) held a photo exhibit show casing a series of photos highlighting women working in the construction industry in South Korea. The exhibit is a collection of photos submitted by photo journalists, freelancers, and others as part of the photo contest.Lee mas...
20 November 2018 07:52
More than 100 workers in an Economic Protected Zone (EPZ) joined the Union of Building, Public Works, Wood Sawing and Veneer Workers (UTBTPBSP), BWI’s affiliate in Gabon.Lee mas...
16 November 2018 23:15
At the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) General Assembly which took place this week in Geneva, Switzerland, the members adopted a new benchmark of requirements that forest owners or managers must meet to get PEFC certification.Lee mas...
15 November 2018 13:56
The right-wing government of Austria has decided to say no to signing the United Nation’s Global Compact on Migration which was to create global regulations on the treatment of migrants and refugees. Austria is following the United States and Hungary over concerns that it would “blur the line between legal and illegal migration”. Lee mas...
15 November 2018 13:19
The threat of a strike action at the 870MW Suki Kinari hydro project in Northern Pakistan has compelled China Gezhouba Group to accept key workers’ demands, according to the Pakistan Federation of Building and Wood Workers’ (PFBWW).Lee mas...