Trade Union Rights

13 February 2025 14:07

BWI extends solidarity to Belgian unions fighting hard right govt’s attacks on workers

 

The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) stands in strong solidarity with Belgian trade unions and its affiliates AVC-CSC and FGTB-ABVV as they mobilise today against the brutal austerity measures announced in the hard-right government agreement.




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12 February 2025 08:48

The State Administration Council (SAC) has orchestrated a devious scheme to undermine the Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) by promoting a puppet organisation, the Myanmar Labour Confederation (MLC).Read more...


06 February 2025 05:32

London, 4 February – The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have formalised their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at improving the labour, health and safety performance associated with EBRD operations and investments.Read more...


11 December 2024 09:17

After more than a decade without a sectoral minimum wage for the forestry industry in Indonesia, the BWI-affiliated East Kalimantan Region of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union (KAHUTINDO) successfully advocated for its reinstatement. Read more...


11 December 2024 04:26

Statement of the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI) on International Human Rights Day 2024
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08 December 2024 03:30

The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) strongly condemns the lawmakers of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) for boycotting the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol.Read more...


03 December 2024 07:21

Workers at the IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville, Maryland, have taken to the picket lines, launching a strike to demand fair wages, seniority rights, and workplace respect. Read more...


30 November 2024 12:04

Geneva, 30 November 2024 - FIFA today released the long-awaited Report by the FIFA Sub-Committee on Human Rights & Social Responsibility on remedy and legacy for workers in the context of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Read more...


26 November 2024 09:40

The BWI-affiliated SERBUK on 17–20 November 2024 hosted a delegation from SASK and the Finnish Industrial Union (FIU) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Read more...