02 October 2023 09:09
BWI to Heidelberg Materials' French subsidiary: Heed striking workers’ demands
BWI is protesting the lack of social dialogue at the Calcia cement plant in Couvrot, France, one of the Heidelberg Materials group’s subsidiaries, as it continues to monitor a strike mounted by workers of the said plant on 6 September. Lire la suite...
28 September 2023 15:58
Global unions and their affiliates in the Philippines on 27 September called on the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to join the growing list of Lire la suite...
26 September 2023 10:14
This is how trade unionists saw the reinstatement to work on 18 September of trade union leader Dariusz Kawka in an IKEA Industry factory in Lubawa, Poland. This was after Kawka, , Chairperson of the NSZZ "Solidarność,” was unjustly dismissed by the company on 28 November 2022 based on false charges.
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22 September 2023 07:37
BWI southern Africa affiliates in the construction sector from Mauritius met online on 11-12 September and discussed “critical intersections” between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in Workplaces and climate change. Lire la suite...
13 September 2023 02:46
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) issued a statement urging the Iranian government to uphold international labour standards, particularly freedom of association, and to uphold human rights, justice, dignity, and fairness. Lire la suite...
10 September 2023 16:13
This was the statement issued by women trade unionists who attended last 5 September BWI Africa and Middle East’s 17th Regional Women’s Committee Meeting. The women trade union leaders called on their fellow women workers to join hands in furthering expand spaces for their participation and leadership inside and outside trade unions. Lire la suite...
06 September 2023 08:01
BWI's affiliated young trade unionists in Africa and the Middle East held their 17th Regional Committee Meeting online on 4 September. Lire la suite...
30 August 2023 06:43
Different Global Union Federations (GUF), including the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), and trade union solidarity support organisations join the Sri Lankan trade union movement in condemning the proposed "Single Employment Bill," which contains provisions that clearly violate international law, including proposals to cut wages and undermine the country's workers' trade union rights. The proposed plan, dubbed a "slave labour bill" by Sri Lankan trade unions, seeks to repeal 13 existing labour rules that have resulted from years of social dialogue.Lire la suite...
29 August 2023 08:29
On August 22, embattled Filipino cement workers in Davao, Philippines, issued a notice of strike (NOC) against Holcim for negotiating in bad faith the provisions of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and committing numerous other unfair labour practices.Lire la suite...