07 June 2023 08:17
BWI on World Environment Day and EU Green Week
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) joins the global community in observing World Environment Day and the European Union (EU) Green Week this week. We take this opportunity to reiterate our call for a greener and more equitable future in which social justice and the rights of workers, especially those in the green economy, are properly recognised and protected. Read more...
25 May 2023 15:21
Last 24 May, the Timber and Woodworkers’ Union (TWU) and BWI, with the help of IndustriEnergi Norway, launched a comprehensive climate change training program in Kumasi, Ghana. Read more...
30 March 2023 05:47
On 19-20 March, the Thamizhaga Kattida Thozhilalar Madhiya Sangam (TKTMS), a Southern Indian affiliate of the Building & Wood Workers’ International (BWI), held its General Body Meeting (GBM) in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. Read more...
12 February 2023 23:11
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, BWI will underscore climate justice and a just transition as essential elements in achieving a gender-equal future of work. Read more...
23 December 2022 04:16
BWI is looking for two (2) research consultants on Labour and Climate Justice in the Built Environment. Read more...
04 December 2022 11:58
In its effort to further promote gender equality amidst a fast changing world of work, BWI, in its 5th World Congress last October 2022, passed key resolutions that promote the rights of LGBTIQ workers, and embed the principles of gender equality in just transition and green economic plans to address the climate crisis.Read more...
16 November 2022 05:09
Forests play a vital role for life on the planet Earth. Agricultural driven deforestation in the Amazon region alone destroyed much of it. Man-made fires have further worsened its system. Forest should be managed in a way that makes them less vulnerable to fire and pests. Read more...
11 November 2022 13:32
Despite claiming to be entering a new era in sustainability with their net Zero Net Pledge and the launch of new products to build greener cities, cement companies refuse to include the social dimension at all levels of their policies, including in the 2050 Net Zero Roadmap of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), chaired by the building materials company Holcim.Read more...
08 November 2022 13:03
For most workers in the construction, wood and forestry, and building materials sectors, the dangers of climate change are a stark reality. Read more...