20 March 2023 10:20
Türkiye: Workers fight union busting in ORGE Furniture
As a form of retaliation, ORGE Furniture unlawfully fired seven (7) members of the BWI-affiliated Turkish Wood and Paper Industry Workers' Union (AGAC-IS) after the union organised the majority of the company’s workers and won official recognition.Read more...
14 March 2023 11:12
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) expresses great concern regarding the dismissal of trade union leader Dariusz Kawka at IKEA Industrie's factory in Lubawa, Poland.Read more...
13 March 2023 04:05
Three leaders of the Gyeonggi Midwest Construction Workers Branch of the Korean Construction Workers' Union (KCWU) on 8 March were arrested and charged by the South Korean government as part of the continuing assault on labour rights in the country. Read more...
13 March 2023 03:42
Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia to protest a proposed measure that seeks to equire all organisations that receive more than 20 percent foreign funding to register as “foreign agents” or face big fines.Read more...
07 March 2023 15:26
On the eve of this year’s International Women's Day, the French affiliates of BWI have once again took to the streets all over France to protest a pension reform project that is detrimental to women workers. The protesting workers underscored women workers’ salaries and pensions, which they said remain lower than those of men.Read more...
07 March 2023 07:03
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) on March 4 launched a big demonstration against President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule. Read more...
02 March 2023 07:47
Peru’s trade unions held a general strike last 9 February to protest a parliamentary coup last December that put an end to the one-and-a-half-year presidency of democratically-elected President Pedro Castillo. The workers demanded the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, who replaced Castillo, as well as the conduct of fresh elections, and the enactment of a new constitution.Read more...
27 February 2023 10:15
The 12 million-strong Building and Wood Workers’ International’s (BWI), through its General Secretary Ambet Yuson, sends its solidarity and support to the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) and its affiliate, the Korean Construction Workers’ Union (KCWU) as they hold a massive demonstration against their government’s assault on trade union rights. Read more...
26 February 2023 15:16
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) expresses its full support for the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) as they collectively push back against their government’s continuing assault on trade union rights, particularly the right to associate, organise and collectively bargain.Read more...