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27 November 2017 13:51

“This Congress is about more power for women. It is not an easy task and women leaders have to fight for it” said Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of the BWI. Lee mas...

27 November 2017 08:21

The International Women’s Committee was the first meeting to be held in Durban on 26 November 2017.Lee mas...

26 November 2017 17:25

The BWI wishes to welcome all 626 members and guests of the BWI from construction, wood and forestry from all over the world who came to participate in the 4th BWI World Congress taking place in Durban, South Africa from 26 November 2017 to December 1stLee mas...

25 November 2017 17:28

Twelve representatives, responsible for communication and campaigns, met in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, to strengthen the campaigns and communications network of the BWI in Brazil. Lee mas...

22 November 2017 07:04

Three Asia-Pacific Regional Organisations of the Global Union Federations – Building BWI, IUF and PSI representing 378 affiliated trade union organisations with about 15 million combined members across the Asia-Pacific and part of the Cambodian Trade Union Movement – condemned in the highest possible terms the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Cambodia to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Lee mas...

21 November 2017 13:12

Resulting from discussions that began in December 2014, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), a global union federation signed today an agreement with QDVC (a Qatari shareholding company with two shareholders: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investments Company and VINCI Construction Grands Projects) and VINCI, a French-based global player in concessions and construction.Lee mas...

20 November 2017 12:23

On 12 November, the Korean Construction Workers’ Union (KCWU) raised the pressure in the lead-up to the union’s general strike (28 November), demanding that the Construction Workers’ Act be extended to guarantee retirement benefits and basic labor rights to the owner-operators of construction equipment and vehicles. Lee mas...

19 November 2017 04:57

On 16 November 2017 the Cambodia Supreme Court ruled to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the country’s main opposition party, meaning that Prime Minister Hun Sen will run virtually uncontested in the 2018 election. Lee mas...