22 September 2023 07:37
Gender, climate crisis and workplace safety are intersectional—unions
BWI southern Africa affiliates in the construction sector from Mauritius met online on 11-12 September and discussed “critical intersections” between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in Workplaces and climate change. Read more...
13 September 2023 02:46
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) issued a statement urging the Iranian government to uphold international labour standards, particularly freedom of association, and to uphold human rights, justice, dignity, and fairness. Read more...
10 September 2023 16:13
This was the statement issued by women trade unionists who attended last 5 September BWI Africa and Middle East’s 17th Regional Women’s Committee Meeting. The women trade union leaders called on their fellow women workers to join hands in furthering expand spaces for their participation and leadership inside and outside trade unions. Read more...
06 September 2023 08:01
BWI's affiliated young trade unionists in Africa and the Middle East held their 17th Regional Committee Meeting online on 4 September. Read more...
30 August 2023 06:43
Different Global Union Federations (GUF), including the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), and trade union solidarity support organisations join the Sri Lankan trade union movement in condemning the proposed "Single Employment Bill," which contains provisions that clearly violate international law, including proposals to cut wages and undermine the country's workers' trade union rights. The proposed plan, dubbed a "slave labour bill" by Sri Lankan trade unions, seeks to repeal 13 existing labour rules that have resulted from years of social dialogue.Read more...
29 August 2023 08:29
On August 22, embattled Filipino cement workers in Davao, Philippines, issued a notice of strike (NOC) against Holcim for negotiating in bad faith the provisions of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and committing numerous other unfair labour practices.Read more...
17 August 2023 08:20
In protest of the anti-labor clauses in the nation's labour rules, India's ten (10) central trade unions (CTUs) organised a nationwide mass strike on August 9. TRead more...
10 August 2023 02:53
On 7 August, Ambassador Marcel Tibaleka, representing the Government of the Republic of Uganda, deposited the instrument of ratification of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work to ILO Director General Gilbert Houngbo at the ILO headquarters in Geneva.Read more...
05 August 2023 04:59
To celebrate the 2023 International Youth Day on 12 August, BWI is calling on affiliates, partners, and young workers to take action along the theme “Just Politics: Better Future!” to spread the message that young working people must stand up for democracy, freedom and the planet to build a liveable world!Read more...