08 March 2017 09:18
INDIA: BWI-USW Mission visits forestry project in Maharashtra State
In India’s Maharashtra State, the BWI affiliate Maharashtra Building Construction Forest and Wood Workers Union (MBCFWU) has initiated a 2-year new forestry workers organizing project in February 2016 in two selected districts – Chandrapur and Gadchiroli.Lire la suite...
08 March 2017 09:10
Yesterday the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammed Najib bi, Tun Haji Abdul Razak, visited Sipitang, Sabah, to officiate the ground-breaking ceremony for the Pan-Borneo Highway.Lire la suite...
07 March 2017 12:43
In celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day, the BWI is highlighting one of the most persistent human right violations in our contemporary world: Gender-based-violence (GBV).Lire la suite...
05 March 2017 08:28
Yesterday the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammed Najib bi, Tun Haji Abdul Razak, visited Sipitang, Sabah, to officiate the ground-breaking ceremony for the Pan-Borneo Highway, a motorway that stretching across Sabah and Sarawak. Lire la suite...
01 March 2017 13:09
Despite the severe political crisis in South Korea, trade union repression continues. The Pohang Branch Court has issued warranties of custody for the three union officials, and the three union leaders are now under arrest. Lire la suite...
27 February 2017 11:07
Members of the Sabah Timber Industries Employees Union (STIEU) are unsurprised that their employer, Sabah Forest Industries (SFI), has been stripped of another certification label for their continued refusal to recognise the union. Lire la suite...
20 February 2017 14:10
On 28 November BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson submitted a copy of a new report on working conditions in the global cement industry to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in Geneva. Also present at the special presentation was Pierre Cuppens, BWI Deputy President and Chair of the Cement Working Group as well as members of the BWI World Council. Since then, over 30 unions around the world have taken action, submitting the report to their employers and demanding action. Lire la suite...
10 February 2017 16:10
Thousands of protesting Workers on Thursday 9 February called on the Federal Government to create policies that would reduce the suffering of Nigerians and also provide food on their tables. Lire la suite...
09 February 2017 15:29
The Building Construction Civil Engineering and Allied Workers Union (BCCEAWU) of Malawi held its fifth quadrennial congress on 8 January 2017 in the city of Blantyre. This is the first time in the history of BCCEAWU that a female president is elected.
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