12 April 2021 09:35
BWI to World Cup football teams: Support enforcement of labour reforms in Qatar
BWI lauded the German national football team for its strong public support for migrant workers’ rights after its players displayed the words “human rights” spelled out across the t-shirts they wore when they lined up during their qualifying match against Iceland in March.Read more...
27 January 2021 11:37
“The future is in implementation.” This was the consensus of the key actors pushing for labour reforms in Qatar at a forum hosted by BWI’s two-day Global Sports Conference on labour rights and the 2022 FIFA World Cup held November of last year.Read more...
27 January 2021 11:37
Ensuring workers’ health and safety are core issues that trade unions consistently fight for. With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing and vocal clamour for a new way of working through strengthened health and safety measures at the workplaces.Read more...
27 January 2021 11:37
Social dialogue is one of the many tools utilised by BWI in advancing labour rights. This is all the more true with the global union’s efforts to advance migrant workers’ rights in Qatar. Read more...
27 January 2021 11:37
Last year, BWI held a successful two-day Global Sports Conference on labour rights and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The conference showcased exciting sessions that discussed various issues and concerns on migrant workers’ rights. One of these was a session that went over BWI’s cooperation with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) on labour rights in Qatar in the context of the World Cup 2020.
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19 January 2021 07:55
BWI asserted that all migrant workers should have access to the safest and most effective vaccines against COVID-19.Read more...
18 January 2021 06:01
Women members of the for Bayanihan ng mga Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon ng Qatar (BMKQ) are paving the way for gender equality among migrant workers in the Middle East.
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18 December 2020 06:22
On International Migrants Day, IOE and BWI publish a joint statement on the essential role of migrant workers during the pandemic and the need to provide greater social protection to them in these uncertain times. Read more...
17 December 2020 02:45
The Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) are jointly commemorating International Migrant Workers Day on 18 December under the theme ‘We are all Migrants’. Read more...