Truck drivers must put up with long hours on the road just to make a decent wage. Recent attempts to unionize, though, have been freighted with problems. published in Haaretz, 20.12.2011
Truck drivers must put up with long hours on the road just to make a decent wage. Recent attempts to unionize, though, have been freighted with problems. published in Haaretz, 20.12.2011

MAAN Workers Association is pleased to publish a new English-language Guide to Israeli Labor Law, designed to make essential information about workplace rights accessible to Palestinian workers, trade unions, legal professionals and civil society organizations.

Three labor and human rights organizations have called on the Israeli government’s Director-Generals Committee, which is responsible for approving quotas for migrant workers, to stop holding its discussions behind closed doors and allow meaningful public participation in its decisions.

Thanks to the assistance of MAAN, Salma, an elderly divorced woman from East Jerusalem, with no source of income other than her old-age pension, was awarded a permanent monthly income supplement and received ₪82,375 ($27,500) in retroactive payments from Israel’s National Insurance Institute.

The collective agreement signed by MAAN Workers Association with Levi Metal & Wood Ltd. in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone secures workers’ rights and improves the employment conditions of 40 Palestinian employees at the company.

Mr. Mounir Kleibo, a Jerusalem-based expert on labour market issues and workers’ rights, delivered an intervention grounded in objective criteria aimed at identifying conditions that can safeguard Palestinian workers’ rights and prevent the severe exploitation and violations they often face.

The return of workers to their workplaces in Israel is not a security risk but a
socio-economic necessity for both sides — and it can also be a step toward
peace between the peoples.