08 December 2024 03:30
Impeach, not resign: BWI condemns boycott of impeachment motion by South Korea’s ruling party
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...
04 December 2024 07:09
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) strongly condemns South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s declaration of martial law, which undermines the democratic foundations painstakingly built by the Korean people and recalls the dark history of authoritarian rule. 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...
20 November 2024 02:06
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) expresses its strongest condemnation of the Hong Kong court's sentencing of 47 pro-democracy activists, including activists Benny Tai and Joshua Wong, to terms ranging from four to ten years in what is clearly a politically motivated trial under the draconian National Security Law (NSL).Read more...
01 November 2024 07:42
BWI’s Nigerian affiliates NUCECFWW and CCESSA, on 17 October 2024, successfully hosted the 18th BWI Africa and Middle East Regional Executive Committee (AFRECO) in Abuja, Nigeria. Read more...
31 October 2024 01:56
BWI and IUF join the call for the ILO to “take decisive action to hold the military junta accountable for treating the peopleof Myanmar as slaves, in blatant violation of labour standards.” It is time for the ILO to act decisively to protect the rights and dignity of workers in Myanmar. 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...