Rights

01 November 2024 10:56

BWI Report: Migration and just transition in the built environment

 

his report makes it abundantly clear that achieving a just transition will require bold, decisive action. We urgently need interventions to elevate occupational safety standards for all workers while addressing the specific challenges migrant workers face, such as language barriers and the constant risk of retaliation for speaking up.Read more...


01 November 2024 07:01

This report highlights socially innovative initiatives (SIIs) in the built environment focused on climate action, emphasizing workers' roles as collective agents with political influence.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...


30 October 2024 10:50

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...