22 May 2017 11:38
L'IBB se félicite des progrès sur les droits de l’homme avec la FIFA
FIFA has taken an important step forward in creating an independent advisory board on human rights.Lire la suite...
18 May 2017 13:26
The BWI held its World Board on 10 May 2017 receiving affiliates from all over the world in Geneva, Switzerland. Representatives of the Presidium, Auditors, Titular members of the World Board, observers, and invited guests from Australia and the United States discussed issues on the political situation in various parts of the world and the challenges facing trade unions and working families.Lire la suite...
16 May 2017 03:49
The Turkish Wood Workers Union (AGAC-IS) went on strike on 12 May demanding a pay increase and to defend their right to collective bargaining.Lire la suite...
15 May 2017 05:30
Around 1200 construction workers at the World Bank-funded Tarbela-IV hydroelectric power project in Northern Pakistan took strike action last week, demanding action on wage arrears from (the minimum wage was increased in July 2016, however Tarbela workers only received the increase from February 2017), and annual bonuses. Lire la suite...
15 May 2017 03:18
BWI World Congress and related meetings will be held in Durban, South Africa from 26 November to 1 December 2017. Lire la suite...
11 May 2017 05:12
Han Sang Gyun, President of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), is the recipient of the annual Febe Velasquez Trade Union Award, awarded in absentia at the FNV Congress Lire la suite...
09 May 2017 08:19
Around 4 million tons of deadly chrysotile asbestos has been put into the built environment since the last UN discussions two years ago on whether this deadly material should be subject to Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures. Lire la suite...
09 May 2017 07:42
This is what many union leaders of civil and heavy construction – and other BWI sectors in this country – expressed after receiving the intense manifestation of international solidarity from BWI affiliated organizations worldwide, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean. Lire la suite...
08 May 2017 03:41
On November 5th , 2015, Brazil was shocked to hear the news on the collapse of the Fundão dam, at the Germano plant in the city of Mariana, state of Minas Gerais. The dam was the responsibility of the company Samarco whose owners are the Brazilian Vale S.A. and the Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton. Lire la suite...