A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.
Palestinian employees get better wages and working condition
Palestinian employees get better wages and working condition
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For years, Palestinians toiling in the industrial zones of West Bank settlements have been subject to exploitation and denial of their rights. A collective agreement signed on February 14, 2017 proves that another way is possible. In this precedential step, the Zarfati Garage signed a collective agreement with WAC-MAAN which covers all 75 workers at the plant and compensates the Palestinians among them for the previous period, when their rights had been denied.
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[:en]In a decision which will have far-reaching consequences for Palestinian
[:en]By Haggai Matar. Published on Local Call website on February 16,
A brief ruling by the Israeli National Labor Court on April 21, 2015, presided over by Judges Yigal Flitman (Court President), SigalMotolaDavidov and Moshe Twina, established that WAC-MAAN is the representative workers’ union at Zarfati Garage
The conflict between WAC-MAAN and Zarfati Garage goes to the heart of the union’s right to represent Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim, and to the heart of the rights of Palestinian workers there to organise.
When the Zarfati garage became wary of the workers’ committee chairperson, they simply framed him using nationalist claims. They brought in the Civil Administration and the police, then sent him to military court.
On January 12, the independent Trade Union Center WAC-MAAN appealed
[:en]WAC-MAAN’s petition to Israeli High Court succeeds in nullifying order
The story of a Palestinian workers’ union in Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone, which came under attack by the employer who falsely charged the union leader, Hatem Abu-Ziadeh with being a saboteur, after trying to fire him, thus denying him his permit to enter the industrial zone and his job.