Rights

09 December 2024 05:28

The Building and Wood Workers’ Internatonal (BWI), with affiliates in Serbia and India, filed a complaint nearly two years ago on severe abuses of Vietnamese and Indian workers in Serbia, including forced labour, confiscated passports, substandard shelter, and lack of access to essentials like clean drinking water. Read more...

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...

05 December 2024 14:46

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres presented his third biennial report on the Global Compact for Migration to the General Assembly on 5 December 2024. 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...

25 November 2024 05:38

The BWI International Youth Committee held a meeting on 04 November 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland and elected its new youth chair.Read more...

25 November 2024 05:11

Every year, BWI joins workers, trade unionists, activists, and international community in marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November by launching our annual “16 Days of Trade Union Activism on Violence Against Women”.
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