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BWI Global Union @BWIglobal

Uniting 335 trade unions in 131 countries, we fight for workers’ rights in the building, construction, building materials, wood and forestry sectors.

Joined April 2015
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Israel barred BWI and global construction union leaders from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian workers. This is not incidental. this is exclusion, control, and silencing of workers in action. Read our press release: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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BWI welcomes the ILO Committee on the Application of Standards’ conclusions on Myanmar, urging the military junta to implement the Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations and establish an independent monitoring mechanism. Read more: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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Global unions & @itucasiapacific urge ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly & Inter-Parliamentary Union to reject any move granting Myanmar’s junta legitimacy, warning it undermines democracy and ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus. Read: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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BWI affiliates conducted the first joint FIFA World Cup 2026 labour & OSH visits across North America, inspecting construction works in Mexico City, Vancouver, & LA under the BWI–FIFA cooperation agreement to ensure workers’ rights & safe jobs. Read more. bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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Historic win for workers worldwide! The International Court of Justice (ICJ) @CIJ_ICJ has affirmed what we knew from the start: the workers’ right to strike is protected under international labour standards and freedom of association. ✊ Read more: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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THE COUNTDOWN TO BWI’S 6TH WORLD CONGRESS BEGINS! In just 6 months, we gather again to make history, standing shoulder to shoulder as one global union. Stronger, bolder, and more determined than ever. Forward together. No stepping back!
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RECORD-BREAKING MOBILISATION FOR WORKERS’ SAFETY 300 actions. 86 unions. 47 countries. 🌏✊ #IWMD2026 united workers worldwide to honour fallen workers & fight for safer workplaces. Every worker has the right to come home safe. #TooHotToWork Read: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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Two children survived. Their parents did not. Shot dead with no justification. Khaled (12) and Mustapha (8) are now orphaned. Support them: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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This May Day, let’s defend our hard-won victories. No step back on rights, democracy, and peace. Power shifts when we organise! Read more: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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BWI & EFBWW mark this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, warning heat stress is now a structural health hazard & urging enforceable protections for workers. #IWMD2026 Read our joint statement: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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April 28: We remember the dead, fight for the living. Heat is a structural hazard. Enforce protections now. No one should die to earn a living. #TooHotToWork #IWMD26
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200 million workers united! Reject war. Defend rights. Protect civilians & workers. Make ceasefires permanent. Ensure accountability. Peace & justice now. 🌏☮️ bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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Global union federations slam Nepal’s plan to ban certain unions, especially for public service workers. We demand an immediate withdrawal of the measure. It is patently authoritarian, illegal under Nepal’s Constitution & @ilo rules. Read more: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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IWMD 2026 – Too Hot To Work Heat stress isn’t seasonal, it’s a structural hazard. Leading to this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day, we move: From awareness to binding agreements. No worker should depend on goodwill. Protection must be enforceable. Join us: bwint.org/BwiNews/CampaignDe…
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BWI condemns the killing of Palestinian worker Ali Bani Odeh & his family; an entire life destroyed. We stand with Palestinian unions in grief & outrage. Read more: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail… 📸 JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
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TOGETHER. STRONGER: MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE MIDST OF WAR Migrant workers across the Gulf warn: war is putting jobs, wages, & families at risk. Rising prices, forced evacuations, & employer abuse fears grow. Read: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail… 📸: John Wessels -AFP/Getty Images
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BWI condemns the brutal acid attack on Indonesian human rights defender Andrie Yunus. This horrific assault, minutes after his broadcast criticising military overreach, must be fully investigated. We demand justice! Read more: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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As attacks on workers’ rights and democracy intensify, BWI calls for stronger global solidarity. Join our webinar “Stories of Resistance from Cuba & Panama.” Register here.👇 bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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This International Women’s Day, BWI reaffirms: no rollback on women’s rights! 💪 ☮️ We demand justice, accountability & equality in workplaces. We organise, mobilise, @ fight for women’s voice, leadership & safety everywhere. #BWISafeEqual2026 Read. 👇 bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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Nine Global Unions stand in solidarity with workers & independent unions in Iran & the region. The future must be decided by the working people themselves - free from repression & external aggression, through peace & dialogue. Read our joint statement.👇 bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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BWI reaffirms its solidarity with Cuba. We call on unions worldwide to courageously stand with the Cuban working people amid worsening economic and military pressure. Join us! Read more. 👇 bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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