Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI)
Internationale des travailleurs du bâtiment et du bois (IBB)
Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM)
Bau- und Holzarbeiter Internationale (BHI)
Byggnads- ocht Träarbetar-Internationalen (BTI)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.bwint.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BWIGlobalUnion/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BWIglobal
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bwiglobalunion/
Founded
2005-12-09 Buenos Aires Argentina
History
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Promote development of trade unions in the building, woodworking and forestry industries worldwide; promote and enforce workers rights in the context of sustainable development.
Events
2026 | Brazil – World Congress9 past events available with paid subscription only.
Activities
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Participates in: F-XF6300 - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF).Through ITUC links with: B-XB0971 - FAO; E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); B-XE3386 - UNIDO; E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- Accredited by: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC)
- Links with: International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Links with: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)(World Bank)
- Links with: International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
- Links with: Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (FOREST EUROPE)
- Links with: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Links with: World Trade Organization (WTO)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Stakeholder in: C-XD7845 - PEFC Council. Close cooperation with: C-XC4381 - Confederation of International Contractors Associations (CICA); B-XB1111 - Education International (EI); D-XE0299 - European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW); H-XB0003 - International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM); B-XC1937 - International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); A-XM2085 - International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); B-XB2644 - International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF); D-XD3187 - Nordic Federation of Building and Wood Workers (NFBWW); B-XB2374 - Public Services International (PSI); E-XE3320 - Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC); B-XB0009 - UNI Global Union. Links with: H-XD6956 - Asian Trade Federation for the Mixed Industries Group (ATF-MIG); D-XD8685 - Federación Latinoamericana de Trabajadores de la Industria y la Construcción (FLATIC); H-XD4483 - Pan African Federation of Building, Construction and Woodworkers. Links indicated by: D-XD2143 - International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH).
- Member of: Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
- Member of: Fédération des Institutions Internationales établies à Genève (FIIG)
- Member of: Global Labour University (GLU)
- Member of: Global Union Federations (GUF)
- Member of: Women in Migration Network (WIMN)
- Partner of: World Urban Campaign (WUC)
Members
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- Social Activity → Workers
- Industry → Timber
- Industry → Construction
- Agriculture → Forestry
- Development → Sustainable Development
- Peace → Rights
- Social Activity → Trade Unions
- Peace → Human Rights Organizations
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XM1784
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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