27 March 2023 14:53
Israel: Workers and employers launch "historic strike" against judicial overhaul
Israel’s workers and employers made history this week when they launched a joint and nationwide strike to protest a controversial piece of legislation that seeks to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Read more...
24 March 2023 08:24
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association ruled in favour of the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and its Malaysian affiliate, the Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU), regarding a complaint that they filed in 2021 against the Sabah Forest Industries.Read more...
20 March 2023 10:20
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...