15 March 2023 04:37
Bangladesh: BWI and ADB inspect energy projects to ensure labour rights
Last February, BWI and its affiliate in Bangladesh, the BSBWWF conducted joint inspections with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) covering four (4) sites in the country’s Rupsha 800-Megawatt Combined Cycle Power Plant Project and Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid Expansion Project.Lee mas...
23 January 2023 07:00
Last 19-20 January, BWI and the National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries (SUNTRACS) visited the Metro Line 3 construction site in Panama and had a meeting with its workers and management.
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02 November 2022 13:58
On 12-14 October, BWI, with representatives from its headquarters, affiliates and assigned organisers, conducted joint site visits with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) safeguard team to five (5) sites in the Corridor X (Serbia) and Corridor Vc (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) projects.Lee mas...
16 August 2022 05:00
BWI, together with the general secretaries, education officers, shop stewards, project coordinators and representatives of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), IndustriAll, the Africa Development Bank, 3F, and other stakeholders, held a two-day hybrid network meeting on how to engage Chinese multinational companies (MNCs) in the region last 28-29 July in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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25 July 2022 03:35
In an attempt to strengthen their organising work in mega construction projects, Trade unions in East Africa beefed up their research work on international financial institutions (IFIs), particularly those that fund Chinese infrastructure projects.Lee mas...
06 July 2022 04:12
BWI has partnered with the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) to take stock of various worker experiences with global infrastructure developments. Lee mas...
04 July 2022 10:36
Como parte de la Conferencia Global sobre la Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta de la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) celebrada en Filipinas, en junio pasado, sindicalistas de diferentes partes del mundo se unieron a una visita de campo al primer Proyecto del Metro de Manila del país. Lee mas...
15 June 2022 04:44
"El trato de las EMN Chinas con los trabajadores y trabajadoras depende de la fuerza de los y las sindicalistas". Este fue el punto de partida con el que los sindicalistas que asistieron a la Conferencia Global de la ICM sobre la Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta de China (BRI) iniciaron su jornada de discusión y trabajo sindical. Lee mas...
15 June 2022 04:14
En un esfuerzo colectivo y sostenible por responder a los desafíos que supone la surgimiento de empresas multinacionales chinas en la industria de la construcción global, la ICM organizó una Conferencia Global sobre la Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta (BRI, por sus siglas en inglés) del 12 al 14 de junio en Manila, Filipinas. Lee mas...