August 2025 – Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) released the following statement to coincide with International Youth day in August:
“To mark 2025’s International Youth Day, the BWI Youth calls on all affiliates to take action in voicing young workers’ demand for peace and justice!
We envision a just future for all, and we are committed to building this future alongside the global union movement through solidarity and collective action.
We believe the time is now to FIST UP for PEACE!
We raise our fists because our generation is living through war, assault, occupation, repression, and economic crisis — and we refuse to be silent. From Gaza to Iran, from Israel to Ukraine, from Sudan to Colombia, young people are being displaced, killed, and denied their futures. Even as we share this statement, people continue to lose their lives due to acts of violence by authoritarian regimes.
This is not inevitable. This is political. And we stand against it. We stand for the right to live!”