Global trade unionist promoting the enforcement of workers’ rights in the construction value chain.
Joined September 2013
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BWI condemns the escalating war in Gaza, a human-made disaster, not a collateral crisis. Israel’s policies of starvation, displacement & conquest have pushed over 500,000 working people to the brink of famine. Gaza lies in ruins.
Read our statement:
bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
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How extreme are global weather conditions so far this year? Listen to @BWIglobal's Director on Construction and Health and Safety, @L_Wikstrom, on the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable & what it is like to toil under the scorching sun on construction sites on
@AJEnglish
#HeatStress is not neutral. aje.io/rf92sv
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Lucky to have @BWIglobal organising a Business & Human Rights workshop with @FESonline in Tanzania that looks at the responsibility of MNCs and respect for human and labour rights in (mega) #infrastructure projects and #globalvaluechains - more and more utilising subcontractors. – at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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BWI conducted a week-long mission to Tanahu Hydropower Project’s 3 funded packages & various smaller energy projects in the Katmandu valley of Nepal, w/c included interviews w/ management, safety officers, workers & union reps.
Read more.⬇️
bwint.org/cms/nepal-bwi-and-…?
Too kind @Owen4ituc but grateful to lift these issues at the the last day of the World Health and Safety congress
The fabulous @L_Wikstrom from @BWIglobal lets fly at the 23rd World Health & Safety Congress in Sydney about the appalling ill-heath in construction: like asbestos, heat stress, cancers, long hours and suicide
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And union Health & Safety Reps at the workplace are key, says @L_Wikstrom, not just during construction projects, but in the planning & budgeting process.
This years Mayday have been colored by the ultimate act of protest conducted by our fellow construction unionist who self-immolated in front of a courthouse in Gangneung, South Korea.
He will be remembered and we will fight for the living in his honor!
hani.co.kr/arti/english_edit…
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To ensure labour rights, BWI held joint inspections with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) covering 4 sites in Bangladesh's Rupsha 800-Megawatt Combined Cycle Power Plant Project & Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid Expansion Project.
Read more. ⬇️
bwint.org/cms/bangladesh-bwi…?
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"Neither the Qatari gov't nor FIFA are delivering on their lofty promises. It's time that past abuses on workers are recognised & remedied, & workers' rights to associate & bargaining are recognised." -BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson
Statement. ⬇️
bwint.org/cms/fifa-world-cup…?
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BWI stands with Hong Kong trade union leader Elizabeth Tang. Because accusation is not proof of guilt, and conviction is based on truth.
Read our statement. ⬇️
bwint.org/cms/bwi-on-the-arr…
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Suntracs y @BWIglobal
Nilton Freitas Repr. Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Ernesto Marval Dir. Reg. de política y Linnea Wikstrom, Dir. Global del Sector Construcción.
Conversan con los trabajadores sobre las buenas prácticas sindicales.Metro Línea 3 Estación 14
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The UK is way behind international best practice on silica exposures. We need a new, more protective #silica workplace exposure limit now! Over a thousand lives each year could be saved, thousands of workers could be spared disability. Send HSE a message: hazards.org/hsestopkillingus
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More than just a reduced exposure limit.
You need to eliminate dangerous products like high silica content engineered stone and implement stronger rules to identify and control silica exposure in all industries from quarries & mining to building & construction
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Qatar accused of ‘deafening silence’ over plans for migrant workers’ centre theguardian.com/football/202…
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BWI believes that, if reforms are to be sustainable, it's critical to reach an agreement before the end of the World Cup that secures migrant workers' interests. #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 #MigrantWorkersCentre
Full statement.
tinyurl.com/yck9zvtm
Photo: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
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BWI lauds Nigeria for making history on its twin ratification w/n a year of ILO Convention 190 on Workplace Violence & Harassment, & ILO Convention 187 on the OHS Promotional Framework. A great advance for gender equality & OHS!♀️🚑
Full story. ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4k6y9ftb
📸 ILO
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Amid the celebration of mayors’ innovative climate leadership at the #C40Summit, @POTUS and the U.S. @WhiteHouse recognised the importance of this accelerator and also the Clean Construction Action Coalition.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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Today, London and Milan joined C40’s Clean Construction Accelerator, a @BWIglobal-endorsed commitment to support cities in generating good, green jobs and building the infrastructure of the future. c40.org/news/50-million-gree…
I want to thank @MayorofSeattle for accompanying me in the important discussion this morning about the need for skills development, social dialogue and decent work, as a part of the transition to a clean construction sector #C40Summit @BWIglobal – at Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
