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BWI
Building and Wood
Worker's International

Building and Wood Worker's International

The BWI is the Global Union Federation grouping free and democratic unions with members in the Building, Building Materials, Wood, Forestry and Allied sectors.

Call for Action: Pledge for BWI Manifesto to protect migrant workers in an overheating planet!

This 30 November, world leaders will set foot in Dubai for the United Nations Global Climate Conference (COP28). In the wake of its “Heat Up Workers Rights, Not the Planet!” campaign, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) will highlight the pressing need to protect workers’ health and safety in the global climate emergency.

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Take Action! Heat up Workers’ Rights, not the Planet!

To amplify our cause, BWI launched the "Heat-up Workers’ Rights, Not the Planet" campaign, urging action from affiliated unions, partners and allies at the national and global levels. This initiative emphasises the vital connection between health and safety, demanding better working conditions during extreme heat and severe weather events.

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Action Alert: #ProtectTheAmazon

The largest tropical rainforest worldwide, the Amazon, currently faces illegal timber extraction and climate law violations, precarious work conditions, modern slavery and other human rights abuses. 


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New BWI report: Social dialogue and collective bargaining in the green transition

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Qatar: Women migrant workers complete second round of skills training

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Asia Pacific: BWI Global Organising Academy consolidates regional team

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Fact sheet: Protecting migrant workers in an overheating planet

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Ghana: Unionists stay informed on the latest on climate issues and just transition deliberations

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Policy paper: Protecting migrant workers in an overheating planet

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COVID 19 Union Response

26 Nov. – 1 December 2017, Durban

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Interview with Vasyl Andreyev, PROFBUD president, Ukraine.

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The ILO at a Hundred

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BWI: Climate crisis calls for action to protect workers in an overheating planet, COP28 leaders must deliver

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Unionists push for more worker participation to secure safer and healthier workplaces

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Feature: Too hot to work--What record heat means for construction migrant workers

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Nepal: BWI and ADB conduct joint inspection and training on energy infra sites

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