26 March 2018 11:56
La ICM e IndustriALL Global Union presentan una queja contra BHP Billiton y Vale S.A..
Geneva, 26 March 2018. The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and IndustriALL Global Union today filed a complaint against the British-Australian company BHP Billiton and Brazilian Vale S. A. under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The complaint is also signed by BWI affiliate, the Trade Union of the Construction, Consulting Engineering and Concession Industries of the State of Minas Gerais (SITICOP), and IndustriALL’s Brazilian trade union affiliate, CNQ-CUT.Lee mas...
22 March 2018 14:48
In recent months, Europe experienced several waves of very cold weather with extremely low temperatures. Several European affiliates urged the responsible Ministries for construction and forest, as well as employers, to re-organize the work and processing. Amongst others, the Trade Union of Workers in Construction and Building Materials of Serbia – SGIGMS, initiated activities to protect workersLee mas...
22 March 2018 14:10
After 11 days of complete stoppage of 10,000 construction workers of the mining complex of the company Minera Panama SA, subsidiary of the Canadian First Quantum Minerals (FQM), representatives of the company and the BWI affiliate in Panama, the Union of Construction Workers (SUNTRACS), have signed a new agreement. Lee mas...
22 March 2018 13:18
On 9th of April 2018 will be the opening of the new school in Shankar, Tandrang region in Nepal. The BWI affiliate, GBH, Austria is not only active in improving working conditions in Qatar, but also launched a fundraising campaign in 2016 in Austria in cooperation with the Austrian Trade Union Confederation and the Naturfreunde Niederösterreich Organisation collecting funds to build a school with kindergartens for the children of migrant workers in Nepal. In addition, Nepal was seriously hit by 2 earthquakes in the spring of 2015. There were about 8,800 deaths and 22,300 injured.Lee mas...
20 March 2018 16:16
On International Women's Day 2018, Rita Schiavi, President of BWI´s International Women's Committee from Unia Switzerland, urged for the right to a decent home while visiting the occupation Povo sem Medo (People without Fear) organized by the Movement of Homeless Workers (MTST) in São Bernardo do Campo.Lee mas...
20 March 2018 15:50
As always, March 8 is a day of struggle for women. This year, the women leaders of the BWI in Brazil discussed the different aspects that should be worked out to guarantee gender equality in the trade union movement.Lee mas...
20 March 2018 09:53
20 March 2018 06:19
TARIM ORMAN-IS (Civil Servants’ Union of Agriculture, Forestry, Husbandry and Environment Sectors) President Sukru Durmus visited rural women workers working under inhumane conditions in various forest areas in Mediterranean Region on 8th of. March. He expressed his concerns about the dangerous working conditions for rural workers.Lee mas...
19 March 2018 16:36
The Union of Construction Workers (SUNTRACS) again denounced massive layoffs and the occupation of police forces in workers' camps. All this because of a new strike of 5000 workers who denounce these problems at workplace despite the dialogue that had begun on past February 22.Lee mas...