17 September 2024 12:09
BWI calls for climate justice and solidarity as deadly floodings ravage Central and Eastern Europe
BWI reaffirms its unwavering commitment to climate justice, identifying the human-caused climate crisis as a primary contributor to such extreme weather events.Read more...
10 September 2024 11:23
The Regional Seminar on Climate Justice: Advancing Workers’ Voices in BWI Industries opened today in Kuala Lumpur at the Seri Pacific Hotel, gathering trade union leaders and climate justice advocates from across the Asia-Pacific region. Organised by Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), the two-day event focused on ensuring that workers’ rights are central to climate action as industries transition to greener economies. Read more...
06 September 2024 05:32
Unite the Union, in partnership with the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and supported by the C40 Cities VISIBLE project, concluded a learning tour focused on modern methods of construction and workforce integration within the green economy on 2nd and 3rd September, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.Read more...
06 September 2024 03:59
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on addressing the challenges posed by climate change in cities and to promote a just transition within the construction industry. Read more...
27 August 2024 06:10
On this Global Day of Action for the Amazon, 5 September, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) seeks to highlight the struggles of the Amazon's population under the banner #ListenToAmazonianVoices. Read more...
13 August 2024 07:12
Over 200 delegates at the 7th National Congress of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union (KAHUTINDO) held in Surabaya-Indonesia on 7-9 August 2024, called for climate justice to secure workers and trade union rights and promote sustainable jobs in the mitigation of climate change and forest management, amplifying the Solidarity Message conveyed by Ambet Yuson, BWI General Secretary, through the video in the Congress Opening. Read more...
12 August 2024 22:40
On 6-7 August in Curitiba, Brazil, trade unionists from the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Bermuda, Guatemala, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Suriname, Belgium, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico met to discuss in detail a just transition framework for the building and forestry sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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17 July 2024 10:51
In a pioneering move, the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), affiliated with the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), has unveiled an innovative "Heat Wave Insurance System" designed to combat the devastating effects of extreme heat on women workers in the informal sector. Read more...
16 July 2024 02:43
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), in collaboration with the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), has produced a policy brief on the prospects of green jobs in construction.Read more...