09 March 2022 15:04
Second Audit of Workers' Conditions at QDVC by the Global Union Federation BWI: Report released
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20 January 2022 15:41
On January 20th, ENGIE renewed its agreement with global union federations BWI, IndustriALL and PSI as well as with representative French trade unions at ENGIE level (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO) on Group social responsibility and fundamental rights. The agreement follows the international social dialogue developed between the Group and the employee representatives over the past decade, already embodied in several agreements and conventions, both at European and global level. Read more...
17 January 2022 13:28
Together with its Belgian affiliates, the Secretary of the European Works' Council and BESIX, the Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI) inspected two key construction sites in Côte d'Ivoire: Tower F and the Exhibition Centre. These visits took place on 2 and 3 December 2021 as part of the reference group’s monitoring of the International Framework Agreement.Read more...
27 November 2020 13:08
On Sunday, Swiss citizens will vote in the Responsible Business Initiative referendum. If adopted, the initiative will mean that companies headquartered in Switzerland will be legally responsible for what happens in throughout their global operations including their value chains. It is an important step to hold multinationals accountable for violations, regardless of in which country they occur; there will be nowhere hide.Read more...
30 June 2020 15:50
“The Building and Wood Workers’ International, BWI, condemns the cowardly attacks on the picket line of laid off workers at Holcim Cement Davao Plant in Davao Philippines on April 22, 2020 by unknown persons taking advantage of the COVID pandemic crisis and 'stay at home' order of the government “, says Ambet Yuson, BWI General Secretary.
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11 May 2020 19:06
The Building and Wood Workers’ International, together with IndustriAll Global Union and the EFBWW, calls in a joint statement addressed to the shareholders of the LafargeHolcim Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 of May 2020 to prioritize the protection of employment, income and the health and safety of all those who work for them worldwide.Read more...
29 April 2020 12:02
Recognizing the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid19 global health crisis, energy multinational ENGIE Group has launched a programme to cover hospitalization costs and death insurance and apply to any deaths and hospitalizations that may have occurred since the beginning of the pandemic for its 177,000 employees worldwide. Read more...
21 October 2019 09:29
On 30 September – 2 October 2019, the first Faber-Castell Global Union Network meeting was convened at Steinbach and Nuremberg/Stein, Germany.Read more...
17 October 2019 11:45
Workers at Wendt Corporation, a plant based in Buffalo New York succeeded in winning their two-year fight for a collective bargaining agreement. The workers joined the Ironworkers Union (Local 576) in 2017 and they have been battling the management for its first contract. Finally, this past August the union and the management agreed to an agreement after nearly 60 sessions of negotiations. During the negotiations the Wendt management harassed union members and threatened to lay-off workers.
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