Tag Archives: BWI

2019, 2019 Mauritius, BWI Mauritius 2019, Events listing

Mauritius: CMWEU will hold meetings and conduct week long campaigning activities for 28 April

April 19, 2019 Jawad

CMWEU, a Mauritius affiliate of the global union federation Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), will hold a series of actions between 23 and 30 April to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day. These activities are intended to awareness of the importance of work related medical check ups, occupational disease prevention and legal protections for workers. CMWEU will also spread the message that ‘Unions make safe work’.

2019, 2019 Philippines, BWI Phillippines 2019, Events listing

Philippines: Forum and demonstrations to mark 28 April and demand reforms- #iwmd19

April 18, 2019 Jawad

In the Philippines global construction union federation Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI) affiliate NUBCW will hold a one-day forum for new members (construction workers) covering safety standards and OHS rights at work.

Another BWI affiliate BWFM will organise an action involving 300 construction worker members in the Thainlyin township (this is in Yangon, and much of the construction activity there is within a special economic zone) to demand meaningful OHS legal reforms.

2019, 2019 Hong Kong, BWI 2019, BWI Hong Kong 2019, Events listing

Hong Kong: Construction union CSGWU demands government recognises death from overwork

April 18, 2019 Jawad

To mark International Workers’ Memorial Day, Hong Kong Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) affiliate CSGWU will hold a public memorial event near the Central Government’s building, with one of their key demands to be for the Government to recognise karoshi (death by overwork) fatalities as workplace accidents.

2019, 2019 Malaysia, BWI Malaysia 2019, Events listing

Malaysia: 28 April activities include protest, conference and reports

April 18, 2019 Jawad

All of the global federation Building and Wood Workers International BWI Peninsula-Malaysia affiliates will collaborate in a press conference/protest that will be held at a Kuala Lumpur construction site demanding justice for Nepali migrant workers who have died in Malaysia. BWI will publish a report on 28 April documenting eight fatalities and a further 20 injuries where no compensation has been paid whatsoever.