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A joint letter from the Swiss trade union federation SGB USS and Solifonds called the Israeli Government to allow Palestinian workers to go back to their work places in Israel
Fighting for peace and cooperation between Palestinian and Israeli workers in times of war
100,000 workers are prevented from their work in Israel. “We are on the verge of a collapse of the Palestinian economy”
Solidarity across borders: residents of East and West Jerusalem work together in crisis and build the foundations of a common future
Jobless, Unpaid, and Uncompensated: The Plight of Palestinian Workers Amidst Crisis
MAAN Workers Association stands with the Israeli protest movement:
Special meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Défense Committee discusses the issue of trade in permits of Palestinian workers.
More than half of the employees at the “Hod Amal” Geriatric Hospital in Ma’ale Adumim joined MAAN
The crisis dividing Israel: a critical moment that will determine the future of Israelis and Palestinians
Wafa Tayara at a demonstration for democracy in Carcor, Israel
The staff of Israeli and Palestinian employees of AKIM Jerusalem have joined MAAN to demand fair wages and improved working conditions
An Australian trade union delegation visited Hizma and met with the MAAN trade union and Palestinian workers organized in the union
MAAN and the Protests for Democracy in Israel: Questions and Answers
MAAN representatives in the Labourstart conference in Tbilisi, Georgia (28-30 April)
A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.
East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
[The Histadrut remains neutral on the extreme right-wing coup d’etat in Israel[
Palestinian workers will go on strike at Mishor Adumim in the West Bank
The Fight Against The Right Wing Government Impels A Commitment To The Principle Of Equal Partnership Between Israelis And Palestinians
MAAN: News from the front line – A strong voice for equality and freedom that stands up to the new rightwing Government.
Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.
MAAN: In the face of the extreme right wing Government, we put forward a vision of equality & a joint struggle of Palestinians and Israelis.
Networking on women employment rights in East Jerusalem
A joint statement from Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline and MAAN-Workers Association concerning the transfer of Palestinian workers’ pension funds to the Amitim Company.
Palestinian workers at Better & Different food factory in Mishor Adumim unionize with MAAN and demand a collective agreement for better wages and conditions
Via dolorosa for Palestinians at the Barta’a checkpoint – MAAN report
The Kafala system that chains migrant workers in Qatar exists in Israel too: 200,000 Palestinians are subject to a regime of bonded labour, paying huge sums for work permits.
An end to sexual harassment of Palestinian women workers at the Sha’ar Ephraim checkpoint (near Tulkarm)
Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards
I Advise Women: “Go to Work, Open up!
Palestinian workers’ strike, August 21: a demonstration of power but lacking leadership and direction
Palestinian women entering Israel to work complain of sexual harassment on the waiting line inside the Checkpoint
The sick pay accumulated in the fund belongs to Palestinian workers and must be returned to them
“EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN EAST JERUSALEM: BETWEEN TRACKING INTO POVERTY AND REDUCING GAPS. GOVERNMENT PLAN 3790, FOUR YEARS ON”
Rabab Kabaha, Caregiver – I discovered the humanity in me
A packing house worker and a source of inspiration for women
Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’
Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime
MAAN Workers Association Stands with Palestinian Workers
Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”
Palestinian workers do not need holes in the wall. Let them work in Israel with a Green Card and thus end the corrupt trade in permits.
MAAN’s field report on the Atarot industrial zone in Jerusalem has now appeared: “Palestinian workers demand their rights and unionize.”
Solidarity with the people of Ukraine against the Russian occupation
Stop the illegal trade in entry permits: Give “green cards” to Palestinian workers
Stop the Illegal Trade in Palestinian Work Permits
Palestinians on strike at Ta’aman stand in Solidarity with the striking Kellogg’s workers for a fair contract
The workers ‘revolt
Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”
Palestinian workers will go on strike at Mishor Adumim in the West Bank
The failure of Israel’s Vaccine Nationalism proves we need a global response
Authorities fail to stop permit dealers from exploiting Palestinian workers
Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment In East Jerusalem – September 2021
Knesset Committee exposes failure to reform regime of entry permits for Palestinian workers
MAAN to Israel’s Tax Authority: Let Palestinian workers have their refunds!
Palestinian workers between the rock and the hard place.
The basic right that Palestinian workers do not have
“Hydroponic agriculture is a therapeutic activity for me and for the children”.
Arab and Jewish women from unions, feminist and social movements stand Together Against Racism
Aida Revived Traditional Cooking.
Stop the War! Stop the violence and hatred between Jews and Arabs!
A historic collective agreement signed by MAAN in Rajwan Food co. in Atarot industrial zone, Jerusalem
MAAN petitions the Labor Court against a date-packing company that exploits Palestinian workers and refuses to let them organize
Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem – December 2020
Israeli Employer Won’t Sign Labor Agreement With Palestinian Workers
Workers of the “Yamit” factory near Tulkarm announced an open strike after it became clear that the company rejects their demands and wants them to be workers without rights.
Organizing Palestinian workers: Raising the flag of solidarity.
64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights
On strike: Palestinian workers of Yamit Filtration in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone (near Tulkarm)
Following MAAN’s petition, Israeli Interior Ministry’s Payments Section has stopped deducting service fees from the wages of Palestinian workers. The fees were paid to the Histadrut since 1970 and to Histadrut Leumit since 2019
MAAN – Workers Association – The new name of the union reflects a new stage in its development
In FACE of the PANDEMIC
Empowering Arab women during the Coronavirus crisis
Hotline for women in East Jerusalem
Helping Arab women get proper jobs and defending their rights at work
The fight against COVID-19 and the unprecedented economic crisis require an new paradigm of Israeli-Palestinian partnership
WAC MAAN stopped an employer from using pandemic as an excuse to force workers to labor around the clock
Maya Food Industries in Mishor Adumim has been penalized 200,000 NIS for harm to Palestinian workers organized with WAC-MAAN
Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem – September 2020
Monitor Report on Government Decision 3790 – June 2020
WAC-MAAN announces a one-day warning strike on July 29, 2020 against Green Net Garbage Recycling in Atarot Industrial Area, Jerusalem.
Instead of importing labor, hire Arab women
Monitor Report on the Implementation of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem
WAC-MAAN: Hotline for East Jerusalem workers and jobless during the Coronavirus shutdown
WAC MAAN intensifies its work among Palestinian workers facing the threat of Covid-19
Petition to High Court for compensation for Palestinians who lost their jobs in Israel due to Covid-19
A major gain for WAC-MAAN and for Palestinian workers as Labor Court ordains Maya Food Industries negotiate with the union and pay 160,000 NIS in damages for obstructing its drive to unionize the company
50 Palestinian workers in a food plant in Atarot Industrial Zone go on strike
From consumers to Producers : Four Women from the hydroponic project speak
WAC-MAAN and Kav LaOved demand to stop automatic dues payments by Palestinian workers to the Histadrut, instead allowing workers to choose to join WAC-MAAN
Palestinian workers in a West Bank settlement strike for their right to choose WAC-MAAN as their union
Palestinian workers at Maya Foods join WAC- MAAN to fight for their rights
WAC-MAAN signs Collective Agreement at N.A. Metal in Mishor Adumim, Area C
New Research: WAC-MAAN – A decade of organizing Palestinian workers in the West Bank Settlements – A summary
WAC-MAAN’s Red-Green May 1st
60 Palestinian Women from East Jerusalem Complete A Hebrew Course
Cross-border cooperation for workers and for the environment
International Women’s Day 2019: Women Leading the Way to Green Economy
[:en]WAC-MAAN combats settlement employers to improve conditions for Palestinian workers[:]
[:en]Solar energy as a lever for progress in Arab society[:]
[:en]Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim unionize with WAC, strike for collective agreement[:]
[:en]Israeli labor leader allies with extreme Right[:]
Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead
In an empowering ceremony, 35 Arab women receive qualification certificates as geriatric carers
WAC-MAAN makes progress in unionizing, promoting employment of Arab women, and improving safety for construction workers
[:en]Historic Precedent: Employment Bureau in West Jerusalem to serve Palestinians from EJ Too[:]
[:en]WAC-MAAN Mayday rally: Workers for human rights[:]
[:en]Employers fear “Zarfati precedent”, raise Palestinian workers’ wages[:]
The Histadrut’s new unionization drive in the service of Netanyahu
[:en]Hell in East Jerusalem[:]
Women against deportation: The International Woman Day of Maan
Israeli unions silent over deportation of asylum seekers
[:en]WAC-MAAN says No to the Israeli deportation of 37,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to Rwanda[:]
[:en]WAC MAAN signed a Collective Agreement with a leading human rights NGO “Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)”[:]
[:en]The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel[:]
[:en]Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority[:]
[:en]Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank[:]
[:en]Pilot Program Trains Arab Women to Work in Nursing[:]
[:en]Open nurseries in East Jerusalem and enable women to work![:]
[:en]In the bilingual day-care centers and schools of “Hand in Hand” (Yad b’Yad) teachers and workers have organized in WAC-MAAN[:]
[:en]This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights[:]
35 Arab women undergo training for work in Care in Hillel Yaffe hospital
Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market
Summary: Condemned to Unemployment – East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market
An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents
WAC MAAN holds its 17th AGM: Breaking down walls through equal Arab-Jewish partnership
[:en]Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment[:]
[:en]Solidarity without Borders: WAC MAAN’s Labor Day in Jerusalem[:]
May 1st event in Jerusalem
Palestinian women in Israel and in East Jerusalem: Gender analysis of WAC-MAAN’s target group vis-à-vis the question of employment [:]
[:en]International Women’s Day: Weaving a common future[:]
[:en]WAC-MAAN signs a groundbreaking collective agreement for Palestinians at Mishor Adumim’s Zarfati garage[:]
[:en]Karima Yahya, agricultural worker: “I pity those who do not work”[:]
[:en]140 workers start 4-day strike at “Yehuda Fences” in Ashdod [:]
[:en]Employment Bureau tries in vain to prevent WAC-MAAN from representing clients in appeal committees[:]
Progress report on WAC-MAAN, October 1st, 2016.
[:en]A new unionization drive at Yehuda Fencing[:]
[:en]Migrant labor is Expensive[:]
[:en]OECD Adult Skills’ test shows the deep social gaps in Israel [:]
[:en]Movilei Dror’s truck drivers on strike They Demand stopping arbitrary salary cuts[:]
[:en]May Day: Music and solidarity work overtime![:]
[:en] Music & workers: Workers and artists organized with WAC-MAAN celebrate May Day[:]
[:en]Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job” [:]
[:en]Solidarity with the Palestinian Teachers’ Struggle for Dignity and Social Justice[:]
[:en]Women’s Day in Baqa al-Gharbia: The change must begin from within[:]
[:en]Movilei Dror must negotiate with workers’ representative organization WAC-Maan[:]
[:en]Construction workers in Israel: A campaign against workplace accidents creates possibilities for change[:]
[:en]Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says[:]
[:en]Truck drivers strike at Movilei Dror[:]
[:en]Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat'[:]
[:en]WAC-MAAN declares labor dispute at haulage firm Movilei Dror[:]
[:en]Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers[:]
The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem
In Palestinian East Jerusalem the National Insurance Institute obstructs claims for income-security benefits, while the Employment Bureau turns a cold shoulder to jobseekers
The deal between Israeli farmers and the Israeli government will deepen unemployment among Arab women
A breakthrough for WAC MAAN after 5 years of Truckers organizing drive when “Movilei Dror” Company recognized it as a representative union
Road haulage company, Movilei Dror, recognises WAC-MAAN workers union as the legitimate representative of its lorry drivers. Negotiations between the two sides will commence Sep 17th
WAC MAAN declared a labor dispute at the “Movilei Dror” trucking firm, in response to the management’s refusal to recognize the workers’ right to organize and to enter negotiations with the union
GLI International Seminar of Union Activists in Britain: “Labour Unions Must Wake Up Before It’s Too Late”
Drivers at Moviley Dror, a haulage firm which includes Ikea among its clients, have unionized with WAC.
Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing
Palestinians working in the Settlement “Nitzanei Shalom” Industrial Zone appeal to National Labor Court against implementation of the exploitative Jordanian Law
Wafa Tiara, Kufr Qara’s “First Feminist”
WAC signs an unprecedented collective agreement, regulating music teachers’ work conditions at Rosh Haayin Music Center
In West Bank industrial zone, everything is Israeli – except the harsh labor laws
Palestinian workers: In spite of impoverishment and exploitation we dare claim our rights
WAC MAAN organizes a Panel on Palestinian workers in East Jerusalem and Area C, followed by its Annual General Assembly
Workers of the Home for Youth at Risk in Tamra have unionized with WAC MAAN
Israeli police bring union leader in for questioning over LabourStart global campaign
Mayday: Arab and Jewish workers united in Baqa Al-Gharbia
Mayday event: Solidarity between Jewish and Arab workers
Israel’s National Labor Court: WAC-MAAN is the representative workers’ union at Zarfati Garage in West Bank
Wafa Tiara in Tel Aviv: ‘Don’t worry! You will change!’
WAC-MAAN delegation strengthens cooperation with UK trade unions
A big gain for Palestinian workers organizing in the Settlements
The Hatem Affair
WAC-MAAN petitions the High Court of Justice to immediately reinstate work permit of workers’ committee chairman
Press release: A new WAC-MAAN report reveals – Israeli social institutions contribute to poverty and emigration to neighborhoods beyond the separation barrier
East Jerusalem – A Socioeconomic Disaster:
WAC MAAN Conference of Arab workers demands: stop deadly accidents in Israeli construction sites
How do you stop Palestinians unionizing? Cancel their entry permits
Petition: Israel Police used to help Jewish employers break strikes in West Bank
A victory in the struggle: Tel Aviv’s Bialik House workers recognized as employees
A new petition filed against attempts by Zarfaty to get rid of the union
Slaves in Misur Edumim
Union fights Israel ‘security risk’ claims to ban Palestinian union activists from West Bank workplaces
Zarfaty workers stand firm. Morale boosted by 7000 emails from unionists across globe
WAC-MAAN: A call to stop intervention of the police in the labour dispute at Zarfati Garage
Help WAC-MAAN halt an attempt to bust the unionization of Palestinian workers under cover of Gaza war
Using the war in Gaza as a cover – Maaleh Adumim police and Israeli company collaborate to dismiss a Palestinian shop steward
Patriotism – last refuge of the exploiter
Zarfati garage flings false security accusations against Workers’ Committee chairperson
Antiquities Authority to take on 13 Palestinian workers in direct employment on Sunday
Organizing at Wac-Maan
Youth for Social Change
Achievement for Palestinian workers – Zarfati Garage agrees to start negotiations with WAC MAAN –planned strike canceled
Solidarity vigil with Palestinian workers on strike at the Zarfati Garage in Mishor Adumim
After year-long struggle WAC-MAAN signs collective agreement at Jana Beverage Plant in Nazareth Illit
Zarfati Garage workers in Mishor Adumim organize with WAC
MAAN’s annual meeting held in Tel Aviv 15 June 2013
WAC-MAAN: One justice for all
uniting for change
Excavation workers of the Israel Antiquity Authority reach a breakthrough in their struggle for direct employment
An Israeli industrial park is a wild West Bank for labor rights
The Open Sky reform in Israel – a code name for massive layoffs and more subcontracting in the Transportation Sector
WAC Maan declares an industrial dispute in a food factory in Upper Nazareth
Exploitation of working women – irhal!
Without chatter over humus and beans
Wood and Metal Palestinian workers in the Mishor Edomim Zone join WAC-MAAN to improve their conditions
WAC-MAAN opposes the new government’s economic agenda, which zeroes in on organized labor.
WAC Maan has signed 2 collective agreements with the Musrara School of Art and the School of Visual Theatre
Stop the Gaza war! Wac-Maan statement
WAC delegation meets union representatives and leftwing leaders in the Netherlands and Denmark
The Israeli Government Report in response to OECD’s 16 recommendations on Welfare and Labour contains much talk, but little willingness for action
WAC’s Executive Director meets OECD delegation:
Harassment, Contempt and Degrading Physical Conditions in the Employment Bureau of East Jerusalem
Budget cuts will deepen unemployment and poverty
East Jerusalem employment bureau accused of violating job-seekers’ rights
We are all Moshe Silman
keep on truckin’
The new independent union – WAC Maan is our Tahrir Square
The Future is in the unity of Arab Migrant and Jewish Workers
The Workers Advice Center demands an urgent debate on safety at work
Jewish and Arab women march for peace, equality and social justice
Histadrut chief Eini koshers rail privatization
Fighting Together for Peace, Equality and Social Justice
Representatives of the social protest movement in Baqa al-Gharbiyeh
National Labor Court mandates Antiquities Authority to hire excavation workers as regular employees
Activists from Tel-Aviv Visit Arab Women in Baqa al-Gharbiya
The Salit workers’ struggle – achievements and limitations
“Hundreds of Israeli women want to work in agriculture”
Exploitation of migrant labor, unemployment in Arab villages… Who cares?
Death of a Builder
The Histadrut Construction Union works for the construction companies, not the workers
WAC Maan representatives at LaborStart international conference in Istanbul
Agricultural workers and social protest activists link arms
Ofer Eini’s false fight for manpower workers
Look at us! Agricultural worker tells her story
Call for solidarity with Tuba-Zangariyeh Arab residents following mosque arson
After a strike of three months, the struggle waged by Salit Quarry workers enters a new stage
Breaking News: A new stage in the strike of the Salit Quarry workers
Palesinian Workers’ Strike at the Salit Quarry – After 1.5 Months: “we will not look backwards! The strike will continue until an agreement would be signed”
In between laws: Palestinian workers strike at Salit Quarry
Conference on Safety in the Construction industry: “Its My Right to come back home Safely!”
Tel Aviv Labor Court rules in Hamenia haulage case: “WAC-Maan is eligible to act as a union”
‘When you’ve sold the camel, don’t fret about the reins’
FNV letter of solidarity
64 Arab and Jewish representatives of workers committees and branches at WAC’s AGM
The Salit Strike enters its 2nd Month: Solidarity with the Palestinian Workers Grows
UE Protest Letter to Salit Quarry
Palestinian workers at Salit Quarries make history
The Palestinian workers in Salit Quarry need your support!
Salit Quarry: Palestinians working in insufferable conditions demand fair employment terms
Workers organized in WAC- Maan insist: “No work without an agreement”
Salit Quarry: Palestinians working in insufferable conditions demand fair employment terms
Workers organized in WAC- Maan insist: “No work without an agreement”
Protest letter
Eli Yishai’s hidden agenda: Sudanese out! Chinese in!
I came because of the teachers’ strike
WAC-MAAN Representative in Canada
CUPW Solidarity Letter
“If they are doing it in Egypt we can do it here!”
Egypt workers flood Tahrir Square for ‘social justice’
First of May 2011: Marching for Equality and Social Justice
Social workers’ strike: confronting a privatized state
Social workers reject Finance Ministry offer to end ongoing strike
Jaida Zo’obi represents WAC-Ma’an in Barcelona
Workers Advice Center
WAC-Ma’an together with social organizations mark Women International Day 2011
In honor of the 100th International Woman’s Day, we march for fair employment
A Statement for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2011
“Black Labor” – Granting Voice and Color to the Unseen Worker
WAC initiates A New Platform for Dialogue on Social Change
Why the Payment System in the Israeli Trucking Industry is wrong – The alternative proposal of WAC-Maan
‘1,000 Israeli women want to work in agriculture’
Discussions between WAC-MAAN representatives and trade unions in the U.S. and Holland
WAC addressed the Israel Museum in a demand to improve the teachers’ working conditions
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers
Truckers – the Dutch model
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers
Precedent-making decision in favor of 21 “temporary” workers and WAC-MAAN
WAC Maan to the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) – Israel should not be allowed to become a member of the OECD without a clear proof that is had stopped the policy of discrimination and exploitation of Arab, Jewish, and migrant workers
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