Linnea

Global trade unionist promoting the enforcement of workers’ rights in the construction value chain.

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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:
https://t.co/z13Q5kopLP

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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. https://t.co/TFpYZ7xF6p

[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania @FESTanzania]

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.

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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.⬇️
https://t.co/nC2UubhzJE?

[Linnea @L_Wikstrom]

Too kind @Owen4ituc but grateful to lift these issues at the the last day of the World Health and Safety congress

[Owen Tudor @Owen4ituc]

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

[Owen Tudor @Owen4ituc]

And union Health & Safety Reps at the workplace are key, says @L_Wikstrom, not just during construction projects, but in the planning & budgeting process.

[Linnea @L_Wikstrom]

@BWIglobal panel at ADB Annual meeting on effective implementation of labour safeguards.

[Linnea @L_Wikstrom]

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!

https://t.co/EfUfJgSMC9

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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. ⬇️
https://t.co/aN2rXn9Zze?

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

"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. ⬇️
https://t.co/Hzi7ASp2OU?

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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. ⬇️
https://t.co/30yxsYBNGL

[Suntracs Panama ⚒ @SuntracsPanama]

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

[Rory O'Neill @hazardseditor]

@H_S_E 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: https://t.co/DLbYSgKU9O

[Liam O'Brien @lbobrien]

@hazardseditor @H_S_E @ShellyAsquith @farmworkcancer @jnewsham @HildaPalmer @hazardsmagazine @UniteHandS @aew1aew1 @NickPahlBAcCCEO @L_Wikstrom 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

[ITUC @ituc]

Safe at Work. Safe at Home. Implement and #RatifyC190. #16days

[The Guardian @guardian]

Qatar accused of ‘deafening silence’ over plans for migrant workers’ centre https://t.co/5kddVUd2Gd

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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.
https://t.co/wS5SDs2CUh
Photo: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach

[BWI Global Union @BWIglobal]

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. ⬇️
https://t.co/peBaDF3JDs
📸 ILO

[C40 Cities @c40cities]

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.
https://t.co/YpeRcqHsrk

[C40 Cities @c40cities]

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. https://t.co/ohopa8APux