10 July 2017 05:51
Corée du Sud: Des dirigeants syndicaux condamnés
In South Korea the Court of First Instance passed judgement on three detained trade union leaders of the Pohang Branch of the Korean Plant Construction Workers’ Union (KPCWU).Lire la suite...
04 July 2017 12:41
A panel during the recent BWI Global Conference on Nexus of Sports and Migration in June 2017 in Berlin underscored the idea that trade unions and other organisations should see mega-sports events as opportunities to trigger social change on labour and human rights issues.Lire la suite...
04 July 2017 12:28
The first ever BWI Global Summer School has just begun on 03 July in Eastbourne (United Kingdom), hosted by Unite the Union. With the recent electoral successes of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in the UK being built off the back of the active involvement of both the trade union and youth movements, there couldn’t be a better place for 26 young trade union leaders to spend a few days sharing their struggles, strategies and successes in an increasingly polarised world.
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04 July 2017 06:41
On 10 June 2017, the Federation of Building and Wood Workers of Nicaragua (FITCM-N), a federation affiliated to the BWI in this country, reported on the most recent and worrying proposals of reforms to the Nicaraguan Social Security Law, which will affect the rights of insured workers in the future.Lire la suite...
04 July 2017 05:38
Once again, the runs in Schimmert Netherlands gathered children and adults to run for a child labour free world. The event took place on 18 June 2017.Lire la suite...
03 July 2017 16:06
“Behind today’s mega sports events are an army of construction workers, labouring in unsafe conditions with little oversight or regulation”, BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson told an audience attending the BWI Global Conference on the Nexus of Sports and Migration on 27-28 June in Berlin, Germany.Lire la suite...
03 July 2017 15:57
Global migration – driven by economic, political and cultural conditions – is reshaping the global economy, and with it the global trade union movement as well. At the BWI Global Conference on the Nexus of Sports and Migration in Berlin on 27-28 June, representatives from Unions, Governments, multinational companies, civil society organisations and international sporting bodies came together to discuss how to address these challenges.Lire la suite...
03 July 2017 15:43
Delegates attending a union conference in Berlin have demanded a greater voice in shaping decent work in mega sporting events. At a session of the BWI Global Conference on the Nexus of Sports and Migration, unions shared their strategies for engagement with Mega Sporting bodies to improve labour standards. The session was moderated by Nina Mjoberg of LO Norway.Lire la suite...
03 July 2017 15:37
A large informal migration is underway, with many workers fleeing Thailand to neighbouring countries in response to a new law that is intended to crackdown on undocumented migrant workers.Lire la suite...