27 November 2023 10:12
BWI lauds progress of ILO C 190 ratification in the time of climate change
Since 2019, the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and its affiliates worldwide have been consistently advocating for the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No 190, which addresses violence and harassment in the world of work. Read more...
25 November 2023 01:36
On 25 November, women around the world will mark the International Day for the Elimination Violence against Women and start the 16 days of activism campaign against gender-based violence.Read more...
22 November 2023 11:00
Geneva - 22 November 2023. This week marks one-year since the kick off of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. For more than a decade, BWI has worked with migrant workers in Qatar to enhance and protect their rights and conditions. Read more...
21 November 2023 11:16
The Participatory Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting for the Africa and Middle East region of the BWI-UtoU-SBTF, held online on 13 November 13, 2023, was a successful collaboration by project stakeholders.Read more...
20 November 2023 23:44
On 17 November, more than 400 Filipino migrant construction, domestic, and hospitality workers joined the 2023 annual sports festival organised by the Bayanihan Qatar, a federation of 29 active Filipino migrant workers associations, including the Bayanihan ng mga Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon ng Qatar (BMKQ), the Qatar branch of the BWI-affiliated union Federation of Free Workers of the Philippines (FFWP) in construction, plus its nine (9) partner organisations.Read more...
18 November 2023 09:09
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) joins fellow global unions and federations in vehemently denouncing the appalling detention, kidnapping, and subsequent seven-year incarceration of MICS-TUsF General Secretary Thet Hnin Aung by the military junta in Myanmar.Read more...
17 November 2023 12:25
The ability of workers to form and join independent and autonomous trade unions without any interference is a pillar of democracy. In addition, in a global economy, denial of trade union rights, the use of forced and child labour and other abuses gives countries and companies unfair trade and investment advantages that can lower the standards for others.
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15 November 2023 08:34
The Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) and its affiliates in the Philippines have applauded Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s recent endorsement of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 190 to the Senate of the Philippines, which they said is a critical step in tackling workplace violence and harassment. Read more...
15 November 2023 05:37
BWI expressed interest and openness to the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians’ (ICLS) adoption of new standards on the informal economy, which it said could be a crucial tool to empower countries to collect more accurate data and implement effective policies for the approximately two billion workers globally engaged in the informal labour sector.Read more...