05 June 2024 10:52
2034 FIFA World Cup Bid: BWI Lodges Complaint Against Saudi Arabia Over Forced Labour and Wage Theft
Geneva, 5 June 2024 - In a landmark case, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) is filing two formal complaints with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against Saudi Arabia for severe human rights abuses and wage theft involving at least 21,000 construction workers by various but mainly two now-bankrupt Saudi construction companies alone.Read more...
08 May 2024 11:26
The Blue Dot Network (“BDN”), an OECD-supported certification framework for infrastructure projects, was recently launched on the OECD 2024 Infrastructure Forum.Read more...
23 April 2024 11:44
In a bid to uphold the principles of sustainable forestry, the BWI-affiliated TARIM ORMAN-İŞ has actively participated in the regular workplace inspections conducted by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as a key member of the FSC International.Read more...
15 April 2024 13:04
BWI’s Conference on Reconstruction in Ukraine, held on April 9-10, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland, brought together key stakeholders from various sectors. Read more...
20 December 2023 15:55
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and LabourStart urgently call on you to join us in demanding that the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) reverses its impertinently flawed decision to maintain chain-of-custody certificates and uphold FSC certification systems in Myanmar under military junta rule.Read more...
28 November 2023 14:45
BWI, from 20 to 24 November, conducted a week-long mission to Tanahu Hydropower Project’s 3 funded packages and various smaller energy projects in the Katmandu valley of Nepal.Read more...
22 November 2023 11:00
Geneva - 22 November 2023. This week marks one-year since the kick off of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. For more than a decade, BWI has worked with migrant workers in Qatar to enhance and protect their rights and conditions. Read more...
18 September 2023 13:09
On 18-19 September, around 80 trade unionists from European and African countries concerned with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) gathered in Sarajevo on the occasion of the Building and Wood Workers’ International’s (BWI) conference on Chinese multinational companies (MNCs) and investments in the Pan-European region. Read more...
11 May 2023 03:13
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) has officially released a five-year report detailing its engagement in joint health and safety inspections on stadium and related infrastructure projects with Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC). Read more...