16 October 2023 05:07
ILO report exposes Myanmar military junta's atrocities against democracy and trade union activists
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has published the conclusions of its Commission on Inquiry (COI) Report on Myanmar, showing the military junta and its linked institutions' gross abuses against the Myanmar resistance movement. Read more...
13 October 2023 14:32
BWI’s celebration of this year’s World Day of Decent Work is far from over. Proof of this, BWI launches a 6-video module about the trade unions’ role in holding companies accountable for their business and human rights responsibilities.Read more...
10 October 2023 12:43
A delegation by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) went to Tanzania on 14 until 17 August 2023 and visited the Twiga cement company in Dar es Salaam, which is part of the Heidelberg Materials’ group of companies. Read more...
04 October 2023 09:43
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), representing 12 million workers in the Building, Building Materials, Wood, Forestry, and Allied sectors worldwide, stands firmly in solidarity with the National Federation of Workers and Employees' Trade Unions in Lebanon (FENASOL).Read more...
02 October 2023 09:09
BWI is protesting the lack of social dialogue at the Calcia cement plant in Couvrot, France, one of the Heidelberg Materials group’s subsidiaries, as it continues to monitor a strike mounted by workers of the said plant on 6 September. Read more...
28 September 2023 15:58
Global unions and their affiliates in the Philippines on 27 September called on the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to join the growing list of 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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22 September 2023 07:37
BWI southern Africa affiliates in the construction sector from Mauritius met online on 11-12 September and discussed “critical intersections” between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in Workplaces and climate change. Read more...
13 September 2023 02:46
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) issued a statement urging the Iranian government to uphold international labour standards, particularly freedom of association, and to uphold human rights, justice, dignity, and fairness. Read more...