04 October 2023 09:05
European Parliament adopts new Asbestos directive
Today, the European Parliament adopted the new directive on Asbestos. This is a great victory for construction workers, for national construction trade unions and for the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW), as the directive will greatly improve the protection of workers from asbestos exposure. Read more...
28 September 2023 16:05
For the first time since the pandemic, the Brazilian Technical Working Group on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) met again with the representatives of CONTICOM, FETRACONSPAR, SINDIMARMORE-ES, SINDPRES, SITICOP-MG, STICC-POA, SINTRACON-SP and QUIMICOS ABC.Read more...
26 September 2023 10:14
This is how trade unionists saw the reinstatement to work on 18 September of trade union leader Dariusz Kawka in an IKEA Industry factory in Lubawa, Poland. This was after Kawka, , Chairperson of the NSZZ "Solidarność,” was unjustly dismissed by the company on 28 November 2022 based on false charges.
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20 September 2023 05:28
With support from 3F, the BWI Africa and Middle East region hosted a two-day hybrid occupational health and safety training on 7 and 8 September.Read more...
13 September 2023 03:55
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), with the cooperation of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), is hosting the Amazonian Trade Union Network Workshop: International Standards and Mechanisms for Trade Union Action in Belém, Brazil, from 11 September to 15 September.
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25 August 2023 09:03
An under construction railway bridge collapsed in the Sairang area of India’s Mizoram State on 23 August which resulted in the death of 23 construction workers, many of whom were migrants from the West Bengal State. Read more...
13 July 2023 07:07
Brazil’s Ministry of Labor and Employment resumed the activities of a tripartite commission working on guidelines on workplace health and safety in the construction sector. Read more...
06 July 2023 02:56
The Southern Africa Asbestos Network and eight (8) BWI affiliates from the region's construction industry met on 23 June and discussed recent advancements in the campaign against asbestos use in workplacesRead more...
10 May 2023 09:27
Global unions and environmental groups today released a statement calling on the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-11) to adopt an amendment to the Convention to enforce a global ban on allhighly hazardous chemicals and pesticides. Read more...