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BWI
Building and Wood
Worker's International

Building and Wood Worker's International

The BWI is the Global Union Federation grouping free and democratic unions with members in the Building, Building Materials, Wood, Forestry and Allied sectors.

Call for Action: Pledge for BWI Manifesto to protect migrant workers in an overheating planet!

This 30 November, world leaders will set foot in Dubai for the United Nations Global Climate Conference (COP28). In the wake of its “Heat Up Workers Rights, Not the Planet!” campaign, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) will highlight the pressing need to protect workers’ health and safety in the global climate emergency.

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Take Action! Heat up Workers’ Rights, not the Planet!

To amplify our cause, BWI launched the "Heat-up Workers’ Rights, Not the Planet" campaign, urging action from affiliated unions, partners and allies at the national and global levels. This initiative emphasises the vital connection between health and safety, demanding better working conditions during extreme heat and severe weather events.

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Action Alert: #ProtectTheAmazon

The largest tropical rainforest worldwide, the Amazon, currently faces illegal timber extraction and climate law violations, precarious work conditions, modern slavery and other human rights abuses. 


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Nepal: BWI and ADB conduct joint inspection and training on energy infra sites

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China: Unions conduct social audit of Faber-Castell plant

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Women Speak: African women workers fight climate-induced violence

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BWI lauds progress of ILO C 190 ratification in the time of climate change

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Africa and Middle East: Unions endorse BWI’s climate manifesto, call for more health and safety protection for workers

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India: Green Building Congress joins BWI’s pledge of healthy and safe workplaces in extreme heat

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Interview with Vasyl Andreyev, PROFBUD president, Ukraine.

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The ILO at a Hundred

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16 Days of Activism: Heat Up Women’s Rights, Not the Planet! End Gender Based Violence

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Qatar 2022 – One year since the FIFA World Cup

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India: Unions seek safe rescue of tunnel workers, call for increased workplace health and safety

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Pushing for trade union innovation in a changing world of work

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