30 October 2024 10:50
Africa and Middle East: BWI Regional Women’s Committee adopts measures for women’s empowerment in unions
The BWI Africa and Middle East (AME) Regional Women’s Committee (RWC) held its annual meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on 16 October 2024, attended by sixteen women from nine affiliates across six countries. Read more...
24 October 2024 05:23
Last 16 October 2024, the Africa and Middle East Regional Youth Committee of BWI held a hybrid meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, where the spotlight was on the youth's innovative use of technology in driving change within the region’s construction and allied sectors. Read more...
23 October 2024 12:17
The ITUC–Africa, together with global unions, on 3 and 4 October 2024 organised the first forum which sought to address challenges of organising and collective bargaining, in Kigali, Rwanda. Read more...
23 October 2024 11:10
In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).Read more...
23 October 2024 10:24
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) and its affiliate Unite the Union have filed a complaint with the National Contact Points (NCPs) in the US, Ireland, and the UK. Read more...
22 October 2024 08:43
Geneva, 22 October 2024 - The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) warns against FIFA’s blatant disregard for human rights in its process of assessing the 2034 FIFA World Cup’s award to Saudi Arabia. Despite serious, documented abuses of over 21,000 migrant workers, FIFA has chosen to ignore the voices of those who have been victims of forced labour and wage theft, failing to uphold its own commitments to human rights.Read more...
22 October 2024 06:41
On 20 October 2024, around 100,000 workers gathered in Tandoğan Square, Ankara, for the “We Are Struggling, We Can’t Make Ends Meet” rally organised by the Turkish Confederation of Labour Unions (Türk-İş). Read more...
21 October 2024 07:52
The BWI Africa and Middle East region, in partnership with affiliates NUCECFWW and CCESSA, held a one-and-a-half-day Regional Organising Academy (ROA) seminar in Abuja, Nigeria, on 15-16 October 2024.Read more...
15 October 2024 06:15
On 7 October 2024, the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) organised a 15-minute general strike, which took place at 12:00 PM Jerusalem time. Read more...