11 June 2022 14:12
We did it! OHS is now a fundamental right!
We did it! Occupational health and safety (OHS) is now a fundamental right! The International Labour Conference (ILC) on 10 June has adopted a resolution to add the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Read more...
09 June 2022 10:55
Today in the 109th Session of the International Labor Conference, the General Affairs Committee is endorsing Convention 155 and 187 to be included in the Fundamental Principle and Right to Work. This is a win for all of us and a win for all workers. On June 11, I urge all delegates to vote yes for health and safety as fundamental right.Read more...
08 June 2022 09:30
Different networks and campaign groups working for the ban of asbestos at workplaces, including the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI), expressed their extreme disappointment with the secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention for allowing a pro-asbestos lobby group to participate as an observer in the Convention’s Conference of Parties (COP) held this year.
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07 June 2022 18:50
28 April is International Workers Memorial Day 2022. Trade unions all over the world are mobilising, and organising rallies and protest marches to promote the recognition of healthy and safe workplaces as a fundamental right.Read more...
25 May 2022 06:39
A fatal accident took place in the wee hours of 14 May after huge boulders fell on six workers employed in a stone quarry in India’s Tamil Nadu State.Read more...
24 May 2022 06:34
Malaysian trade unionist Engrit Liaw was recently elected as a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Malaysia Board of Directors from 2022 to 2024.
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18 May 2022 07:22
To commemorate this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, BWI-affiliated trade unions once again raised their voices to persuade the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to recognise health and safety as a fundamental right. Read more...
12 May 2022 07:51
The Union of Construction Workers (SUNTRACS), a BWI-affiliated union in Panama, marked this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) by holding its annual month-long occupational health and safety (OHS) campaign. Read more...
11 May 2022 10:40
For the second consecutive year, BWI-affiliated trade unions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) raised their voices to push for the recognition of health and safety as a fundamental right by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The unions held various activities to support this call as part of this year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD).Read more...