25 April 2023 02:34
Serbia: Construction union inks collective agreement with employers
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...
24 April 2023 14:34
After several days of strike action, Norwegian trade unionists gained a significant raise in their pay, which will provide 185,000 workers/members of LO/NHO firms greater purchasing power and lessen inequities. Read more...
19 April 2023 03:51
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) joined the 200 million-strong Council of Global Union (CGU) in expressing its solidarity with Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers' Federation (IDWF). Read more...
03 April 2023 07:49
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) is immensely vocal in its condemnation of the military junta's atrocities against trade unionists in Myanmar.Read more...
27 March 2023 14:53
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...