14 September 2018 09:25
BBC: Risque élevé de suicide chez les hommes dans la construction
The British BBC News has released a video about the alarming prevalence of mental illness among men in the construction industry in the United Kingdom. Lire la suite...
13 September 2018 13:58
On 12 September a BWI delegation led by BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson met with the new Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, M Kula Segaran, leading to a major breakthrough on the 30 year struggle of workers at Sabah Forest Industries (SFI) for union recognition. Lire la suite...
13 September 2018 13:21
20 Chinese plasterers that had not been paid for six to eight weeks walked off the job last week on the Royal Hobart Hospital construction site in Tasmania, Australia. Lire la suite...
13 September 2018 06:14
Working women in the Philippines achieved legislative victory with the passage on third and final reading of the 100-day Expanded Maternity Leave at the House of Representatives. This can be attributed to the strong campaign and power of the advocates led by trade unions.Lire la suite...
12 September 2018 13:58
Ivana Dimitrova was told that she was “too cute to work in a construction company” when she applied for a job at a construction company in Macedonia eight years ago. Her persistence paid off. Today she is in charge of the largest construction project in Macedonia and oversees a workforce of 700 workers. She is also the President of the local trade union organization with 2,000 members.Lire la suite...
12 September 2018 12:29
On 6-7 September, over 80 women from 21 countries around Europe came together in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to discuss trade union strategies to ensure gender equality and fight against gender based-violence and campaign towards pay equity.Lire la suite...
10 September 2018 12:00
At an event organized by the Institute for Human Rights and Business in Tokyo on 10 September, BWI’s general secretary Ambet Yuson highlighted some of the knowledge learned from the BWI’s Sports-Migration nexus campaign to strengthen the rights of workers in mega-sports events. Lire la suite...
10 September 2018 07:54
The African and Middle Eastern affiliates of the BWI met in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26th to 29th August for a regional committee meeting.Lire la suite...
08 September 2018 15:10
Yesterday 4 September, the Government of Qatar announced that it would enact legislation---Law No. 13 of 2018--that ends requirements for exit permits from employers for at least 1.5 million migrant workers.Lire la suite...