27 July 2023 11:42
India: Unions vow to achieve climate justice and continue fight for migrants’ rights
More than 70 trade union leaders from across India affiliated to BWI gathered From 26 to 27 July for the 30th meeting of the BWI’s Indian Affiliates Council (IAC) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Lee mas...
19 July 2023 04:16
More than 1,000 members of the Construction Workers’ Union of Mauritius (CMWEU) and their National Federation CTSP on 15 July embarked on a one kilometer protest march from the CTSP National Centre to the Municipal Council to draw attention to the dismal plight of migrant workers in Mauritius’ construction industry.
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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). Lee mas...
27 April 2023 06:49
Migrant community organisations in Qatar organised on 23 April a friendly football tournament in Doha. Lee mas...
24 April 2023 02:33
Following BWI's call to "organise beyond borders" and achieve just workplaces everywhere, the Construction, Metal, Wooden, and Related Industries Employees Union (CMWEU) in Mauritius expanded its membership by recruiting 300 additional migrant workers. According to the union, it purposefully organised the most vulnerable workers in the labor market in order to maintain safe and healthy workplaces and influence decision-making in the industries where the workers are employed.
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15 March 2023 09:48
On the eve of FIFA 73rd Congress in Rwanda, the undersigned Global Union Federations express serious concerns on the decent work legacy of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and the sustainability of labour reforms in Qatar. Lee mas...
16 December 2022 09:19
Tres sindicatos internacionales anuncian hoy el lanzamiento de una plataforma digital global para proporcionar apoyo a los trabajadores migrantes que permanezcan en Qatar después de la Copa del Mundo de 2022 y a los empleados en futuras competiciones internacionales de fútbol en otros países. Este recurso informativo, puesto a prueba en Qatar por la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) y la Federación Internacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar (FITH), en colaboración con el sindicato mundial de futbolistas FIFPRO, será una herramienta duradera para los migrantes en un contexto en el que sus derechos y condiciones laborales siguen estando en peligro.
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14 December 2022 09:47
La Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) está indignada por las recientes revelaciones de cargos de corrupción en Europa. La ICM condena cualquier intento de vender los derechos humanos de los trabajadores, exige justicia para los trabajadores migrantes y pide que se tomen medidas rápidas para proteger sus derechos antes de que termine el Torneo. A medida que nos adentramos en la fase final del torneo de la Copa del Mundo de 2022 en Qatar, ni el Gobierno qatarí ni la FIFA están cumpliendo sus elevadas promesas de mejorar las condiciones de los trabajadores migrantes. Lee mas...
09 December 2022 03:55
Responding to the tragic and fatal accident of a Filipino migrant worker at the World Cup training site in Qatar, the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) calls for a minute of global silence in his memory, and for all migrant construction workers who died on the job to make the brightest sporting event in the world possible. Lee mas...