Bwi - Global Union - Building and Wood Workers' International

the bwi is the global union federation grouping free and democratic unions with members in the building, building materials, wood, forestry and allied sectors. the bwi groups together around 351 trade unions representing around 12 million members in 127 countries. the headquarters is in geneva, switzerland. regional offices and project offices are located in panama, malaysia, south africa, india, burkina faso, chile, kenya, russia, peru and brazil. our mission is to promote the development of trade unions in our sectors throughout the world and to promote and enforce workers rights in the context of sustainable development. the bwi works closely with the european federation of building and wood workers (efbww), the nordic federation of building and wood workers (nfbww), the international trade union confederation (ituc) and the global union federations (gufs). the bwi has a special consultative status to the economic and social committee of the united nations and is engaged with int