FIFA: agreement with BWI on working conditions for workers involved in tournament infrastructure

FIFA and Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) have signed a new collaboration agreement, which "sets a framework for joint inspections, training, and reporting to promote decent and safe working conditions for all workers involved in the construction and renovation of stadiums and other infrastructure linked to FIFA tournaments," announced the two parties on 22/10/2025.

Under the five-year agreement, which runs until 2030, FIFA and the BWI will:
• "Conduct joint labour inspections of FIFA World Cup and other FIFA tournament-related worksites, ensuring worker confidentiality and protection from retaliation, in line with International Labour Organization (ILO) Labour Inspection Convention 081;
• Engage in training and capacity building for workers' representatives, grievance handling, and occupational health and safety;
• Ensure corrective action and remedy: when adverse impacts are identified that FIFA will engage with relevant third parties to secure a time-bound corrective action plan, which both organisations will assess and follow up until resolution, and;
• Publish annual…