09 May 2023 13:19
BWI and ADB sign cooperation agreement
On the 3rd of April, at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Annual Governors Meeting in Incheon, South Korea, BWI and the ADB signed a Cooperation Agreement committing to jointly promote enhanced policies and good practice implementation of labour and working conditions across Asia and the Pacific. Lee mas...
09 May 2023 02:43
BWI and its affiliate, the Confederación Internacional de Trabajadores (CIT of México), organised a multi-stakeholder forum called "Clean Games" in Mexico City on 5 May. Lee mas...
27 April 2023 08:37
Coen Van der Veer, BWI Director for Wood and Forestry presented the outcomes of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly held last October 2022, which among others, adopted a motion that secures the free access of trade union representatives to FSC-certified worksites and plants to talk to the workers employed.Lee mas...
27 April 2023 06:49
Migrant community organisations in Qatar organised on 23 April a friendly football tournament in Doha. Lee mas...
15 March 2023 09:48
On the eve of FIFA 73rd Congress in Rwanda, the undersigned Global Union Federations express serious concerns on the decent work legacy of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and the sustainability of labour reforms in Qatar. Lee mas...
15 March 2023 04:37
El pasado mes de febrero, la ICM y su afiliada en Bangladesh, la BSBWWF llevaron a cabo inspecciones conjuntas con el Banco Asiático de Desarrollo (BAD) que abarcaron cuatro (4) emplazamientos del proyecto de la central eléctrica de ciclo combinado de 800 megavatios de Rupsha y del proyecto de expansión de la red de transmisión de Dhaka y la zona occidental del país.Lee mas...
01 February 2023 06:42
The Société de Livraison des Ouvrages Olympiques (SOLIDEO) and the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI), together with its affiliated French trade union organisations, on 27 January organised the first joint international visit to the construction sites of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games located at the Athletes' Village in Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen in Paris. Lee mas...
23 January 2023 07:00
Last 19-20 January, BWI and the National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries (SUNTRACS) visited the Metro Line 3 construction site in Panama and had a meeting with its workers and management.
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16 December 2022 09:19
Tres sindicatos internacionales anuncian hoy el lanzamiento de una plataforma digital global para proporcionar apoyo a los trabajadores migrantes que permanezcan en Qatar después de la Copa del Mundo de 2022 y a los empleados en futuras competiciones internacionales de fútbol en otros países. Este recurso informativo, puesto a prueba en Qatar por la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) y la Federación Internacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar (FITH), en colaboración con el sindicato mundial de futbolistas FIFPRO, será una herramienta duradera para los migrantes en un contexto en el que sus derechos y condiciones laborales siguen estando en peligro.
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