05 September 2023 02:41
Asian trade unionists join call to protect the Amazon
BWI marks the International Amazon Rainforest Day by launching its #ProtectTheAmazon campaign to protect one of the world's most important natural heritages from climate change and other destructive human activities, and to preserve it for future generations of working people. Lee mas...
30 August 2023 07:20
The largest tropical rainforest worldwide, the Amazon, currently faces illegal timber extraction and climate law violations, precarious work conditions, modern slavery and other human rights abuses.
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10 August 2023 07:25
Slovenia was recently swamped by severe rains and heavy floods, which reportedly killed at least six people and caused huge damage worth half a billion of dollars.Lee mas...
06 August 2023 16:18
The TKTMS, a BWI affiliate in Southern India, formalised its existing social dialogue with the Confederation of Indian Industry – Indian Green Building Council (CII – IGBC) and the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on 27 July 2023 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Lee mas...
27 July 2023 11:42
More than 70 trade union leaders from across India affiliated to BWI gathered From 26 to 27 July for the 30th meeting of the BWI’s Indian Affiliates Council (IAC) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Lee mas...
27 July 2023 05:49
As part of BWI's preparations for its climate campaign in the run-up to the COP 28 in Dubai, its trade union affiliates in Zimbabwe met on 17-18 July in Harare to discuss the latest updates and developments on the global climate crisis. Lee mas...
24 July 2023 09:38
La Coalición Mundial de la Sociedad Civil, los Pueblos Indígenas, los Movimientos Sociales y las Comunidades Locales para el Reconocimiento Universal del Derecho Humano a un Medio Ambiente Limpio, Saludable y Sostenible recibió el 20 de julio el Premio de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas 2023. El premio fue concedido a la coalición, de la que es miembro la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM), en reconocimiento a su exitoso esfuerzo para persuadir a las Naciones Unidas a reconocer el "Derecho a un Medio Ambiente Limpio, Saludable y Sostenible".Lee mas...
17 July 2023 06:08
Del 11 al 13 de julio, siete sindicatos de la construcción afiliados a la ICM de Oriente Medio y el Norte de África se reunieron en Beirut, Líbano, para comprometerse con la lucha mundial contra el cambio climático y abogar por una transición justa para todos los trabajadores hacia un mundo laboral más verde. Lee mas...
10 July 2023 00:54
BWI Campaign for Healthy and Safe Workplaces in the Time of a Climate EmergencyLee mas...