Trade Union Rights

06 February 2025 05:32

BWI and EBRD strengthen partnership to advance labour rights and occupational health and safety

 

London, 4 February – The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have formalised their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at improving the labour, health and safety performance associated with EBRD operations and investments.Read more...


11 December 2024 09:17

After more than a decade without a sectoral minimum wage for the forestry industry in Indonesia, the BWI-affiliated East Kalimantan Region of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union (KAHUTINDO) successfully advocated for its reinstatement. Read more...


11 December 2024 04:26

Statement of the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI) on International Human Rights Day 2024
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08 December 2024 03:30

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...