19 September 2017 03:40
Les syndicats de l’IBB à Lima demandent au CIO d'agir pour les travailleurs sud-coréens
On Thursday 14 September, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its meeting behind closed doors, workers and trade union leaders gathered in Lima, Peru to demand justice for South Korean construction workers. Lire la suite...
18 September 2017 14:06
BWI Panama welcomed the visit of Daniel Diverio, General Secretary of SUNCA Uruguay. This fruitful working trip, held on the week of September 11th, 2017 was an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences.Lire la suite...
18 September 2017 13:05
The BWI Africa and Middle East Region in partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) held the first training workshop on FSC awareness course for BWI affiliates in Southern Africa. Lire la suite...
18 September 2017 07:55
BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson addressed shop stewards, lodge and local leaders, and members of the Wood, Pulp and Paper Council of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (Machinists) at its first Wood, Pulp and Paper Council Conference.Lire la suite...
18 September 2017 02:39
400,000 workers rallied in 192 different locations in France on 12 September last week in opposition to new labour reforms proposed by New French President Emmanuel Macron, and over the following days the CGT called 4,000 strikes across the country. Lire la suite...
18 September 2017 01:15
New French President Emmanuel Macron has begun reforming the Labour Code without adopting workers’ demands, according to the national centre of one of BWI’s affiliate, the La Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT), in a press release. Lire la suite...
14 September 2017 15:07
The BWI has partnered with the labour NGO 'Citizen's Space' in order to organize a meeting to bottom-up trade union strategies for the inclusion of workers with disabilities.Lire la suite...
12 September 2017 14:09
Colombia being one of the countries that show signs of growth in the first half of 2017 despite the slowdown and the decrease of public and private investment in various sectors of the industry, she was selected for a meeting between Trade Union actors national affiliated to the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (CSA) and the global union federations, including the IndustriALL, UNI, IPS, ITF, BWI and the IUF in addition to the Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) and the Confederation of Workers of Colombia (CTC).Lire la suite...
11 September 2017 14:42
From 12 to 13 September 2017 the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) a Global Union federation will hold a rally in front of the Lima Convention Center, the site of the 130th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to highlight the delayed payment of wages to construction workers. Lire la suite...