A big gain for Palestinian workers organizing in the Settlements
[:en]WAC-MAAN’s petition to Israeli High Court succeeds in nullifying order
02/12/2014
[:en]WAC-MAAN’s petition to Israeli High Court succeeds in nullifying order
The struggle at Zarfaty Garage is precedent setting. It is the first time that Palestinian workers in the West Bank settlements organize themselves to win a union voice and negotiate a collective agreement.
Palestinian workers in the West Bank settlement Mishor Edomim have voted to continue their struggle to end the harassment of independent workers union workplace reps and to stand firm against union-busting.
On Thursday, July 31, Maaleh Adumim police revoked the work permit of Hatem Abu Ziadeh, a Palestinian who served as chair of the Workers’ Committee at the Zarfati Garage.
The Jerusalem Labor Court heard yesterday (July 27) WAC-Maan’s case against the Zarfati garage in the occupied West Bank. The garage recently fired the Workers’ Committee chairperson, Hatam Abu Ziyada.
The workers began the strike two days ago in light of the Zarfati management’s ongoing refusal to negotiate, which peaked with the firing of the head of their Workers’ Committee Hatem Abu Ziadeh.
WAC-MAAN has written an urgent letter to SodaStream CEO, Mr. Daniel Birnbaum, demanding immediate return of the employees to their posts!
WAC-MAAN is marking Workers’ Memorial Day on the April 28th to remember the victims of work-place accidents and to struggle for the living.
The organic plantation, named “Oasis – organic agriculture for solidarity between Arab and Israeli societies” is an innovative and unique project, established in December 2009. It turned 95 dunams (9.5 hectares) of uncultivated land in the Roha area of Wadi Ara into a modern organic olive grove.
The Workers Advice Center (WAC-MAAN), which seeks justice for all, sees the courageous struggle of the African asylum seekers as an exemplary civic struggle and does all it can to assist, and believes theirs is an important battle in the fight against racism and discrimination.
