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• 19-23 November

  SGS Forestry meetings

• 20-21 November

  Steering committee GDF Suez on "Rassembleurs d'énergies"

• 20 November

  Lafarge Stakeholder meeting

• 21 November

  Lafarge reference group meeting

• 25-29 November

  World Social Forum on Migration

• 26-30 November

  Climate change conference - COP 18

• 1-7 December

  COP 18

• 1 December

  World Aids Day

• 10 December

  International Human Rights day

• 16-20 December

  Royal Bam Reference group visit

• 18 December

  International Migrants Day

• 21-22 January

  Council of Global Unions Annual meeting

• 23-26 January

  World Economic Forum

• 12-14 February

  Global Union meeting with World Bank

 

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The way forward for Europe - fighting austerity!

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Macedonia: SGIP Women expand their activities locally

Vice President of Nigeria opened the 2nd Africa and Middle East Conference of BWI in Abuja

CAMPAIGNS

Solidarity campaign Croatia: Construction company refuses to pay workers' wages

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Solidarity campaign Serbia: Ongoing conflict at Ratko Mitrovic

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Building workers of Moldova declare a war against undeclared work

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Peru: SINTRACESANLO calls for a general strike

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Solidarity campaign Peru : ACT NOW ! Against assassination of trade unionists at construction sites

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19/11/2012

Vinci Group network in Africa: The Management of SOGEA SATOM in Togo discussing with African construction unionists in Lomé

"Construction MNCs face to their social responsibility in Francophone Africa: Unions organize for decent work." This was the theme of a sub-regional workshop, organized from 5th to 7th November 2012. The workshop held at ITUC-Africa head quarters in Lomé Togo has gathered 22 union delegates...

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17/11/2012

Brazilian Forestry and Wood Unions Make Proposals to FSC

In Telêmaco Borba city, in Parana state, more than 30 union leaders representing workers in forestry and wood sectors gathered from November 6 - 9 for a training course called “Social Aspects of FSC Certification: for a better interaction between the labor movement and forest certification”...

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Europe's Wood and Forest Unions Coordinate Actions

The BWI supports the international day of action on 14 November, when in Spain there will be a 24 hour general strike. The BWI, which represents more than 300 unions and 13 million workers in the construction and wood industries worldwide expresses our solidarity with the European Trade Union...

The Trade Union of Construction Industry of Croatia reports that the company Konstruktor-Inženjering Split, has been refusing to pay workers their wages for the last six months. Workers had no other option than to go on strike on 6 November 2012. Workers are presently on strike at four major...

The construction workers at “Ratko Mitrovic” in Serbia have been blocking the entrance of the company as there have been no positive developments regarding their unpaid wages for months. Workers were hoping that their hunger strike would help make their voices heard. In vain. Workers...

The Protest March against illegal employment and undeclared wages that was organized by the Construction and Building Materials Industry workers unions Federation SINDICONS of the Republic of Moldova took place in Chisinau on 31 October 2012. The union mobilization was supported by the National...

Some 200 delegates attended FO Construction’s congress, held on 7-8 November in Marne-la-Vallée (France). “For an independent, solidarity-based and combative trade union movement” was the congress theme. Over the years, BWI has benefited from the close collaboration of FO and its other French...

Brazilian Amazon, October 30 - 31. With the support of the Building and Wood Workers International (BWI), as well as the Federation of Construction and Wood Workers of Pará and Amapá states (FETRACOMPA), a gathering was held in Moju city, Pará state, of more than 40 workers, trade union leaders,...

The Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers' Union FSP KAHUTINDO in East Kalimantan province has led a rally attended by over 5,000 members representatives in Samarinda on November 1, demanding the Governor to settle the province's Minimum Wage equal to the proper living cost of Rp....