08 December 2024 03:30
Impeach, not resign: BWI condemns boycott of impeachment motion by South Korea’s ruling party
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...
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...
20 November 2024 09:04
On 7 November 2024, Dave Noonan, Vice President of Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) Asia-Pacific and Construction Secretary of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), delivered a powerful speech at the iconic Broken Chair monument outside the Palace of Nations in Geneva. Read more...
20 November 2024 06:40
The Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) and its Malaysian affiliate, the Timber Employees Union Peninsular of Malaysia (TEUPM), successfully concluded a three-day intensive leadership training programme for the latter’s newly elected executive committee.Read more...
20 November 2024 02:06
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) expresses its strongest condemnation of the Hong Kong court's sentencing of 47 pro-democracy activists, including activists Benny Tai and Joshua Wong, to terms ranging from four to ten years in what is clearly a politically motivated trial under the draconian National Security Law (NSL).Read more...
12 November 2024 10:12
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) applauds the recommendations issued by the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) concerning the case it filed along with the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Union (KFCITU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) against the South Korean government.Read more...
08 November 2024 04:12
The Indonesian Constitutional Court has mandated the removal of the Manpower Cluster from the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, a landmark decision announced during a trial in Jakarta on 31 October 2024. Read more...