12 December 2022 14:01
Peru: Unions lament political crisis, reject democratic backsliding
Peruvian trade unionists lamented the political crisis that is shaking their country and how the legislative branch is not representative of the interests of the working people. Lee mas...
10 December 2022 04:41
On the occasion of the 2022 International Human Rights Day, which also culminates this year’s 16 Days of Trade Union Activism on Violence Against Women, BWI publicly shared a resolution it passed during its 5th World Congress last October condemning the state violence directed against the women of Iran.
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10 December 2022 03:06
Declaración de la ICM sobre el Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos 2022 Lee mas...
09 December 2022 03:55
Responding to the tragic and fatal accident of a Filipino migrant worker at the World Cup training site in Qatar, the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) calls for a minute of global silence in his memory, and for all migrant construction workers who died on the job to make the brightest sporting event in the world possible. Lee mas...
07 December 2022 07:29
The International Labour Organization (ILO) on 6 December opened its 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) in Singapore and brought together the ILO’s tripartite constituents representing Governments, workers and employers from Asia and the Pacific and the Arab States, as well as representatives of international organisations and civil society.Lee mas...
06 December 2022 13:24
In the Southern part of India, workers registered with the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (TNCWWB) are now eligible for a new housing program.Lee mas...
04 December 2022 11:58
In its effort to further promote gender equality amidst a fast changing world of work, BWI, in its 5th World Congress last October 2022, passed key resolutions that promote the rights of LGBTIQ workers, and embed the principles of gender equality in just transition and green economic plans to address the climate crisis.Lee mas...
01 December 2022 13:31
As with previous years, BWI affiliates in Southern Africa join the rest of the world in drawing attention to the violence that women and young people are confronted with daily. Lee mas...
30 November 2022 05:26
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) joins the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) of South Africa in mourning the tragic passing of six of its young trade union leaders, who were involved in a fatal road accident on 27 November 2022.Lee mas...