Wac-Maan

The Women’s Project

Empowering Women – Saving the Bees

17 inspiring women, both Arab and Jewish, participated in a unique course to learn about biodynamic beekeeping at MAAN’s office in Baqa al-Gharbiyeh (Triangle region, Israel). This project, consisting of six intensive sessions begun in May, and was the result of a longstanding collaboration between Sindyanna of Galilee and MAAN – Workers’ Organization, as part of the “Women and Work” project that MAAN has been running in the Triangle for 19 years.

01/08/2024

The East Jerusalem Project

The success story of a seamstress in a monastery, July 2024

Susanne B. is a 47-year-old woman, divorced with three children, one of whom is a minor (ages 20, 18, and 17). She lives in the Old City and has been working for over ten years as a seamstress in a monastery.

02/07/2024

The Women’s Project

Sisterhood led by the Queen Bee and her workers.

Hana introduced me to Wafa Tayara from another nearby village, Kufr Kara. Wafa is an activist and the director of MAAN Workers Association’s program Women and Work. She is also the chairwoman of Sindyanna of Galilee, the only internationally certified Fair Trade social business in Israel.

01/07/2024

The East Jerusalem Project

Significant Achievements of MAAN – Workers Association in Protecting Workers’ Rights

Since the outbreak of the war, MAAN – Workers Association has secured the labor rights, social security benefits, unemployment benefits, and support for work accidents for over 300 residents of East Jerusalem. This includes opening checkpoints and distributing food vouchers, translating to over 3 million NIS in benefits. Notably, over 40% of those who received assistance are women.

05/06/2024

Palestinian Workers

The government’s decision to massively import overseas workers is social lawlessness, a disaster for both the economy and security. It must be revoked and Palestinians must be allowed to return to their jobs in Israel

Wednesday, May 15, the Israeli government approved a structural reform on employment of migrant workers where it allowed a ceiling of 330,000 overseas workers in the Israeli job market. MAAN sees this decision as a step that defies all economic logic, contradicts labor market planning, and opens the way to a dangerous expansion of human trafficking for labor purposes in Israel. In addition, the decision reflects complete disregard for the consequences of the continued halt in employment of Palestinians.

20/05/2024

Palestinian Workers

MAAN: A bureaucratic breakthrough for Palestinian workers

From now on, Palestinian Authority residents who work in Israel or Israeli settlements will be able to access their personal area on the website of the National Insurance Institute (NII), submitting claims and documents as their Israeli counterparts can.

10/04/2024

The East Jerusalem Project

Severe employment crisis in East Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan

On the eve of Ramadan, Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are facing an economic and social crisis exacerbated by a 7.6 per cent increase in unemployment since the outbreak of the war. Despite the crisis, the government is severely undermining its own five-year plan for East Jerusalem. MAAN Workers Association (hence MAAN) calls on the mayor and the incoming city council to secure budgets to reduce socio-economic gaps in the city.

13/03/2024

Palestinian Workers

MAAN updates EU delegation on its efforts to return Palestinian Workers to work in Israel

An Introduction by Assaf Adiv, Executive Director of MAAN, to the Briefing at the EU premises with foreign delegations March 11th – in Tel Aviv

12/03/2024

Palestinian Workers

Israel must take a bold decision to allow Palestinian workers to return to work

It is impossible to delay the decision any longer. Palestinian workers must be returned to work in Israel now. Israel’s security forces are currently holding urgent discussions in an attempt to prevent escalation in the West Bank.

06/02/2024

Palestinian Workers

The government is building on foreign workers instead of Palestinians – and is only making the problem worse

The government is working to bring tens of thousands of foreign workers to Israel to overcome the hardship in the construction industry during the war.

04/01/2024

Empowering Women – Saving the Bees

The success story of a seamstress in a monastery, July 2024

Sisterhood led by the Queen Bee and her workers.

Significant Achievements of MAAN – Workers Association in Protecting Workers’ Rights

The government’s decision to massively import overseas workers is social lawlessness, a disaster for both the economy and security. It must be revoked and Palestinians must be allowed to return to their jobs in Israel

Severe employment crisis in East Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan

MAAN updates EU delegation on its efforts to return Palestinian Workers to work in Israel

Israel must take a bold decision to allow Palestinian workers to return to work

The government is building on foreign workers instead of Palestinians – and is only making the problem worse

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As an organization committed to the rights of workers without distinction of religion, race, nationality, gender, or profession - democracy is our essence. We strongly oppose the authoritarian laws that the extreme government of Netanyahu, Lapid, Bennett, and Smotrich is attempting to impose.

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