Rights

06 February 2025 05:32

BWI and EBRD strengthen partnership to advance labour rights and occupational health and safety

 

London, 4 February – The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have formalised their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at improving the labour, health and safety performance associated with EBRD operations and investments.Read more...


04 February 2025 03:29

The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), representing 12 million workers in construction, building materials, wood and forestry sectors affiliated to 351 trade unions across 117 countries, strongly condemns the escalating persecution, detentions, and inhumane deportations of migrant workers in the United States. Read more...


18 December 2024 03:37

December 18 is International Migrants Day. On this day and beyond, the Global Unions reaffirm their unwavering commitment to support migrant workers in their fight to freely exercise the fundamental human right to organise, unite and mobilise in solidarity. Read more...


11 December 2024 09:17

After more than a decade without a sectoral minimum wage for the forestry industry in Indonesia, the BWI-affiliated East Kalimantan Region of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union (KAHUTINDO) successfully advocated for its reinstatement. Read more...


11 December 2024 04:26

Statement of the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI) on International Human Rights Day 2024
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09 December 2024 05:28

The Building and Wood Workers’ Internatonal (BWI), with affiliates in Serbia and India, filed a complaint nearly two years ago on severe abuses of Vietnamese and Indian workers in Serbia, including forced labour, confiscated passports, substandard shelter, and lack of access to essentials like clean drinking water. Read more...


08 December 2024 03:30

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...


05 December 2024 14:46

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres presented his third biennial report on the Global Compact for Migration to the General Assembly on 5 December 2024. Read more...


03 December 2024 07:21

Workers at the IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville, Maryland, have taken to the picket lines, launching a strike to demand fair wages, seniority rights, and workplace respect. Read more...