09 May 2023 13:19
BWI and ADB sign cooperation agreement
On the 3rd of April, at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Annual Governors Meeting in Incheon, South Korea, BWI and the ADB signed a Cooperation Agreement committing to jointly promote enhanced policies and good practice implementation of labour and working conditions across Asia and the Pacific. Read more...
09 May 2023 02:43
BWI and its affiliate, the Confederación Internacional de Trabajadores (CIT of México), organised a multi-stakeholder forum called "Clean Games" in Mexico City on 5 May. Read more...
27 April 2023 08:37
Coen Van der Veer, BWI Director for Wood and Forestry presented the outcomes of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly held last October 2022, which among others, adopted a motion that secures the free access of trade union representatives to FSC-certified worksites and plants to talk to the workers employed.Read more...
27 April 2023 06:49
Migrant community organisations in Qatar organised on 23 April a friendly football tournament in Doha. Read more...
15 March 2023 09:48
On the eve of FIFA 73rd Congress in Rwanda, the undersigned Global Union Federations express serious concerns on the decent work legacy of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and the sustainability of labour reforms in Qatar. Read more...
15 March 2023 04:37
Last February, BWI and its affiliate in Bangladesh, the BSBWWF conducted joint inspections with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) covering four (4) sites in the country’s Rupsha 800-Megawatt Combined Cycle Power Plant Project and Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid Expansion Project.Read more...
01 February 2023 06:42
The Société de Livraison des Ouvrages Olympiques (SOLIDEO) and the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI), together with its affiliated French trade union organisations, on 27 January organised the first joint international visit to the construction sites of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games located at the Athletes' Village in Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen in Paris. Read more...
23 January 2023 07:00
Last 19-20 January, BWI and the National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries (SUNTRACS) visited the Metro Line 3 construction site in Panama and had a meeting with its workers and management.
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16 December 2022 09:19
Three international trade unions are today announcing the launch of a global digital platform to provide support for migrant workers who remain in Qatar after the 2022 World Cup and those employed at future international football competitions in other countries. Piloted in Qatar by Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF), in partnership with global football player union FIFPRO, the information resource will be a lasting tool for migrants in a context where their employment rights and conditions remain at risk. Read more...