This was the response of 4,000 construction workers from the International Airport of Viracopos, in Campinas, São Paulo, after a worker died and 14 others were seriously injured in two accidents in just 40 days, a clear sign of precarious and dangerous working conditions. The consortium...

A high level BWI Mission, led by BWI Vice President, Per-Olof Sjoo, and the BWI Global Wood and Forestry Director, Coen van der Veer visited BWI Croatian affiliates, CFU and SGH, in Zagreb, Croatia on 17-18 April 2013. BWI mission expressed BWI solidarity towards the CFU and fraternal unions in the...

At the Rotterdam Convention conference in Geneva, once again the asbestos industry has made a mockery of the UN system. This Convention is now completely discredited and the procedures must be clarified regarding two thirds majority voting and be amended if necessary. Seven countries – Russia,...

The Report published today by the US Trade Union Confederation AFL CIO reveals Daily death toll of 150 workers. Today, 150 people will likely be killed on the job or die from job-related illnesses and disease. That deadly toll will continue tomorrow and the next day and the next until the USA...

In 2009 more than forty major construction contractors in the UK were discovered to be paying for background checks on construction workers and placing trade union members, shop stewards and safety representatives on an industry blacklist. It was revealed that more than 3,000 people were...

The union for wood and forestry workers is backing calls for an inquiry into forestry safety. On 8 May 2013 MPs Darien Fenton and Denise Roche tabled a petition in Parliament calling for the government to conduct an inquiry into health and safety in the forest industry. FIRST Union General...

In the early hours of May 10, five works suffocated to death when argon gas leaked from a furnace at a steel plant operated by Hyundai Steel Co. in Dangjin, South Korea. The workers were removing the scaffolding that had been used for regularly scheduled repair work from inside the furnace...

„International Framework Agreements (IFA) in practice“ published by the German organisations Arbeit und Leben, PASOC and IG Metall provides information and practical assistance for implementing and monitoring of IFAs for employees’ representatives in multinational companies. This practical...

The BWI and its affiliates participated in a number of events at the 46th ADB Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors held in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh State, India from 02 – 05 May 2013. Apart from active participation in various sessions, the BWI taking into consideration that the Metro Rail...

Some 56 persons (36% from the construction industry and 64% from informal economy; 28 men and 28 women) participated in a forum organized by the Associated Labor Unions (ALU-TUCP) in collaboration with Building and Wood Workers International (BWI). The forum was held in Barangay Bagong Silang,...