30 May 2023 02:07
Victory in Pakistan: Union reinstates 200 dismissed workers
The Pakistan Federation of Building and Wood Workers (PFBWW) has successfully reinstated 200 workers who were illegally fired from the World Bank-funded Tarbela Dam - Fifth Extension (T5).Read more...
10 May 2023 03:59
The world’s global unions are up in arms against the South Korean government’s flagrant violation of trade union rights.Read more...
08 May 2023 04:57
After long and hard negotiations, Swedish trade union Byggnads and Byggföretagen, an employer organisation for construction companies, have agreed on a new collective agreement covering all workers in Sweden’s construction industry.Read more...
04 May 2023 12:58
LabourStart and the Georgian Trade Union Confederation on 28-30 April held a Global Solidarity Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia that brought together trade union leaders and activists from more than 70 countries.Read more...
03 May 2023 07:53
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) offers its deepest condolences to the family and comrades of South Korean trade unionist Yang Hoe-dong. Yang reportedly set himself on fire on 1 May, International Labour Day, to protest the government's harassment of trade unionists in the country. He later passed away from complications from his severe burns. Read more...
02 May 2023 04:36
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) and its General Secretary, Elizabeth Tang were presented the 2023 Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights for their outstanding work in promoting the rights and interests of domestic workers worldwide.Read more...
30 April 2023 23:38
On May Day, we celebrate, we show the world, with our presence, marching, chanting, taking to the streets, that we are many and that work and workers, are at the heart of our communities and the future.
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25 April 2023 02:34
On 20 April, the Trade Union of Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers of Serbia, and the Sector for Construction, Building Materials, and Housing Industry of the Union of Employers of Serbia signed a nationwide special (branch) collective agreement covering workers in Serbia’s construction and building materials industry.Read more...
25 April 2023 02:01
Around 200,000 workers from the wood and furniture sector aligned with Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl, Fillea Cgil have been protesting massively at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy as a response to the industry’s failure to renew their collective agreement that expired last December. Read more...