More than 300 cement workers were kidnapped last week by forces affiliated to the so called Islamic State (IS). The attack took place at the Al Badia Cement plant a cement plant near the town of Dumeir, 30 miles northeast of the capital Damascus. Hundreds of families have also fled the area...

Within the BWI Project for South East Europe, the Autonomous Trade Union of Road Maintenance Workers of Serbia has organised training during 2015 for licenses for professional work on occupational health and safety. This training was organised in cooperation with the Directorate for health and...

The 2nd MANWU Youth Conference took place on the 16th and 17th of March 2016 at the Greiters Lodge in Windhoek. The conference was held under the theme “Engaging Youth in MANWU Structures”. The conference was attended by 40 delegates from the various MANWU regions and branches, several MANWU...

Trade unions in Cambodia may soon face the bitter reality of having their freedom of association curtailed by the State. The Cambodian National Assembly passed the controversial draft of the trade union law on 4 April 2016 despite strong opposition from international communities and protests from...

Under the theme ”Building women and youth power” 40 young and women trade unionists from BWI affiliated unions in Central Asia and Southeast Europe gathered for a seminar and training focused on organizing and campaigning in Belgrade, Serbia on the 3-6th of April. ”Young people in our region...

The Norwegian union Fellesforbundet has settled an agreement in the national collective bargaining negotiations for the construction sector. ”We congratulate our Norwegian friends for this agreement that will bring higher wages for construction workers in the country and contains important...

Twenty Three (33) participants among them Jasmin Redzepovic Assistant Education Secretary BWI headquarters, Garikanai Shoko Project coordinator and Kivale Said East Africa Project Coordinator together with FNV regional Consultants Annie Francis and Hope Kabuchu met at Hillpark hotel, Nairobi, Kenya...

At least 28 are dead and a further 108 injured after an under-construction flyover collapsed onto a congested market in northern Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal State in the afternoon of Thursday 31 March 2016. A 100-metre (330 feet) section of the 2.2km construction came crashing down...

A fire broke out at the construction of the Mall of Qatar on Tuesday the 2nd of April. The mall is being built in the Al-Rayyan area in Doha, next to the site where the World Cup 2022 stadium Ahmed Bin Ali is also under construction. According to workers at the site that the BWI has been in...

Earlier this month, leaders of BWI affiliates in Sweden was awarded for their hard-work on ensuring better working and living conditions for workers in the construciton sector in relation to international mega-sports events. The award was given by the Swedish Development Forum for exceptionally...