11 October 2017 05:25
Australia: trabajo se detiene en la Ópera de Sydney después de descubrir asbesto
Work has stopped on the $200 million renovation of the iconic Sydney Opera House building in Australia after electrical workers discovered deadly asbestos on the site. Lee mas...
10 October 2017 14:02
South East Europe Union Leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia - of the BWI Country Group 9 - discussed the situation of workers and trade union rights and developed ideas on bringing back the power to the people to fight for workers’ rights. They met met on 21 September 2017 in Belgrade, SerbiaLee mas...
10 October 2017 07:15
Members of Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU) have emerged victorious from the Kota Kinabalu Federal Court in Sabah (Malaysia), their latest victory on their long-running path to union recognition.Lee mas...
05 October 2017 15:29
The massive filing of complaints against employers by unions and workers in various sectors of the Colombian economy has become a successful strategy to resolve differences, to economic capital to decrease the action of trade unions, the fight against outsourcing and the illegal collective “pacts”Lee mas...
05 October 2017 09:53
The Bosnian company “UMEL Dalekovodmontaza d.o.o. Tuzla” send 22 electrical power line installers to work abroad in Western Norway at the project “Elektrana Vestre Corridor Rogaland”. The workers signed employment contracts, in line with the Norwegian law, with Valard Zagreb a partner company of the “UMEL-Dalekovodmontaza d.o.o.”Lee mas...
04 October 2017 12:43
The 2017 Global Power Trade Union Congress in Iceland has passed a resolution in support of BWI fraternal organisation Palli Bidyut Sramik Koromchari League (PBSKL). Lee mas...
28 September 2017 15:50
BWI took the first steps towards the construction of a global network of dam workers during the 2-day event “Safe Work, Safe Communities”, held in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil on the 20th and 21st of SeptemberLee mas...
26 September 2017 07:28
With an outstanding victory, holding 88,4 percent of the votes, Rulita Wijayaningdyah from KAHUTINDO, Indonesia, has been re-elected as a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International Board of Directors representing the Social Chamber SouthLee mas...
26 September 2017 07:16
According to the Brazilian National Confederation of Municipalities, there are more than 8,000 stalled projects throughout the country and more than 11,000 approved projects that have not yet begun. For Nilson Duarte Costa, president of the heavy construction workers´ union of Rio de Janeiro, SITRAICP RJ, stalled construction represent "a declaration of administrative incompetence and often also the expression of the thirst for profit and bad management by the main contractor".Lee mas...