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Mayday: Arab and Jewish workers united in Baqa Al-Gharbia
There is no better way to strengthen Jewish-Arab partnership, and
03/05/2015
There is no better way to strengthen Jewish-Arab partnership, and
On January 12, the independent Trade Union Center WAC-MAAN appealed
Petition alleges that Jewish employers are using the police to intimidate Arab workers trying to unionize. By Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 15.9.14
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.
WAC-MAAN National Director Assaf Adiv to Att. Shlomo Yitzhaki, Commissioner of Labour Relations, Israel Ministry of Economy
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.
After two-week strike, negotiations between the Finance Ministry and the Histadrut reach conclusion, but social workers say they are worth more.
