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BWI and its South Africa Construction sector affiliates launched a campaign on decent work in the construction sector towards and beyond hosting of 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The campaign aims at promoting decent work fighting for: the right to work, to organize, to bargain, right to a living wage, to zero accidents, to no downward variation, to quality Jobs, improved basic conditions, health awareness and skills development.
The opportunity for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup came at the most needed time when the country was experiencing almost 46% unemployment, while the economy was promising and growing, the construction sector have been underperforming, contributing almost two percent to the GDP in the process nearly 90% of workers working under informal arrangements, with no possibility for good working conditions and Social Security.
Having come out of decade’s long slump, in 2006 the construction sector in South Africa recorded a 13.3% growth, the highest growth of all sectors of the economy. The construction sector annual contribution to GDP is 3.1%. Company increases in general are growing at a faster rate than compensation to employees and incomes are widening on a racial basis.
BWI construction unions in South Africa are BCAWU, NUM and SABAWO. BWI also work with LRS in this project for research and currently LRS is hosting the campaign coordinator. Solidarity support organisations are also involved contributing to the campaign. This include Swedish Affiliates & LO-TCO, Swiss Labour Assistance supporting LRS, SASK Finland and some other affiliates from Europe.
In the more than a year since its launch, the campaign has resulted into about 3,000 recruited members, 5 industrial actions, several social dialogues including with FIFA Headquarters and thousands reach by the message of decent work.
(11/6/2010)
BWI General Secretary gives yellow card to FIFA
At the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, the BWI were protesting against the working conditions during the construction of the stadiums for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
“The BWI wishes to record that FIFA has undermine the most elementary principles of the ILO Decent Work and FIFA must be given a Yellow Card!”, said Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of the BWI addressing the ILC
“The struggle for decent work continues in the future mega sports event. In the 2014 World Cup in...
(10/6/2010)
International Labour Conference (ILC) - FIFA drives an Unfair Globalization by violating Workers’ Rights
On 10 June 2010, 1000 workers’ delegates participating in the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, will present Yellow Cards to FIFA. While the ILC is in session, South Africa will be the first country on the African continent to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the history of that organisation. Both the Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) and Swiss Labour Assistance (SLA) insist on the importance of addressing the implications of mega-sporting events not...
(9/6/2010)
Germany: Youth shows FIFA the yellow card at Sunrise Festival
In a workshop during the IG-BAU Sunrise festival, young football loving participants concluded that FIFA need to take a bigger responsibility in ensuring social standards when arranging the games. The participants commented that while South Africa has invested more than 4 billion dollars in the games, very little of the profits actually come back to the South Africans.
The big profits will go to FIFA themselves, some 3 billion dollars for the broadcast rights and license fees. The sponsors,...
(8/6/2010)
South Africa Unions share their World Cup 2010 Campaign for Decent Work!
South Africa BWI affiliates National Unions of Mine Workers –NUM Deputy President, Piet Matosa and Building Construction and Allied Workers Union – BCAWU Education Coordinator, Maneo Mohoje presented their experiences on the BWI Campaign for decent work, launched in South Africa in 2007 by BCAWU, NUM and SABAWO. Included in the delegation was BWI Regional Representative for Africa & Middle East, Crecentia Mofokeng. In this campaign saw all unions increasing their density, and gained a...
(7/6/2010)
Sweden: BYGGNADS delegates grades yellow cards for FIFA
At the 15th BYGGNADS National Congress, held in Stockholm, Sweden from 3 to 5 June 2010, Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of BWI called on the more than 300 delegates present to hold up Yellow Cards for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Yuson stated, “I call on all of you to join me in evaluating FIFA’s performance on worker rights in relation to the 2010 World Cup. The worker’s judgment---Yellow Card for FIFA.”
The Yellow Cards are part of BWI’s Campaign, for...
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