05 November 2023 13:22
Poland: Union secures another win for IKEA workers
Hot on the heels of their success in reinstating their president, Dariusz Kawka, the BWI-affiliated Solidarnosc has achieved yet another significant victory in the fight for workers' rights at the IKEA Industry factory in Lubawa, Poland.Lire la suite...
31 October 2023 08:34
For eight consecutive days, the BWI-affiliated SUNTRACS together with the Panamanian working population have hit the streets to protest the approval in less than 72 hours of a law that authorises a 20-year concession (extendable for another 20) to a Canadian company to exploit the largest open-pit copper mine in Central America.Lire la suite...
27 October 2023 06:08
On 23-24 October, 22 trade unionists, including 12 women workers, from BWI affiliates in Southern and East Africa met for a two-day, face-to-face Global Organisers’ Workshop. Lire la suite...
22 October 2023 16:54
Last 17 October, an important event took place as the Trade Union of Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers of Serbia (SRGIGMS) signed a new collective bargaining agreement with "Megalit-Šumnik" Raška. Lire la suite...
18 October 2023 01:12
Denilson Pestana, BWI Regional Committee President for Latin America and the Caribbean and International Affairs Secretary for the New Central Workers’ Union (NCST/Brazil), joined trade union leaders representing various trade union national confederations from the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) in attending the 12th BRICS Trade Union Forum (BTUF) in Durban, South Africa last 26-27 September. Lire la suite...
16 October 2023 05:07
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has published the conclusions of its Commission on Inquiry (COI) Report on Myanmar, showing the military junta and its linked institutions' gross abuses against the Myanmar resistance movement. Lire la suite...
13 October 2023 14:32
BWI’s celebration of this year’s World Day of Decent Work is far from over. Proof of this, BWI launches a 6-video module about the trade unions’ role in holding companies accountable for their business and human rights responsibilities.Lire la suite...
10 October 2023 12:43
A delegation by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) went to Tanzania on 14 until 17 August 2023 and visited the Twiga cement company in Dar es Salaam, which is part of the Heidelberg Materials’ group of companies. Lire la suite...
04 October 2023 09:43
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), representing 12 million workers in the Building, Building Materials, Wood, Forestry, and Allied sectors worldwide, stands firmly in solidarity with the National Federation of Workers and Employees' Trade Unions in Lebanon (FENASOL).Lire la suite...