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![Contractors and permit traders illegally demand that Palestinian workers pay NIS 7,000 per month in an attempt to bypass a new directive to pay wages straight into workers’ bank accounts. […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tashlumhebsite-36x36.jpg "Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.")
Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.
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![Criticism is being directed these days at Qatar, which is hosting the World Cup games. Most of it concerns Qatar’s treatment of the migrant workers who built the state-of-the-art stadiums. […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/abolishkafala-36x36.jpg "The Kafala system that chains migrant workers in Qatar exists in Israel too: 200,000 Palestinians are subject to a regime of bonded labour, paying huge sums for work permits.")
The Kafala system that chains migrant workers in Qatar exists in Israel too: 200,000 Palestinians are subject to a regime of bonded labour, paying huge sums for work permits.
24 November 2022 7:56 AM | אין תגובות -
![MAAN calls on the Israeli authorities to act immediately to solve the crisis of issuing magnetic cards (MCs) to Palestinian workers. In recent months there were long lines at the […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-25-at-16.04.41-36x36.jpeg "Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards")
Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards
02 November 2022 11:08 AM | אין תגובות -
![More extreme exploitation of Palestinian workers following dramatic increase in trade in work permits Position paper submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Employment Arrangements for Palestinians in the Construction Sector, […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/positionpapersite-36x36.png "Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’")
Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’
24 July 2022 9:27 AM | אין תגובות -
![Nabil Ghanem, an unarmed 53-year-old Palestinian, was shot dead on 19th June by soldiers near the separation fence in the Qalqiliya region as he went to work. Ghanem has been […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/nabileng-36x36.png "Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime")
Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime
28 June 2022 11:37 AM | אין תגובות -
![The article was published in Hebrew by the daily Calcalist on June 5th In response to recent deadly attacks by Palestinians in various Israeli cities, Israel’s security establishment undertook policy […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mabar-36x36.jpeg "Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”")
Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”
12 June 2022 11:41 AM | אין תגובות -
![Following several attacks by West Bank residents in Israeli cities recently, Israeli media “discovered” that tens of thousands of Palestinians seeking work enter Israel daily through breaches in the fence […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kalandia-36x36.jpeg "Palestinian workers do not need holes in the wall. Let them work in Israel with a Green Card and thus end the corrupt trade in permits.")
Palestinian workers do not need holes in the wall. Let them work in Israel with a Green Card and thus end the corrupt trade in permits.
13 April 2022 1:51 PM | אין תגובות
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The East Jerusalem Project
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![When you ask Google how to prepare for your first birth, the answers are varied, but none of them include the excruciating bureaucracy that Ahlam (pseudonym), an East Jerusalem resident, […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tamarahebsite-36x36.png "<strong>East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth</strong>")
East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
16 April 2023 12:15 PM | אין תגובות
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Palestinian Workers
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![Palestinian employees get better wages and working conditions On March 15th, MAAN – Workers Association signed a second collective agreement for four years ahead with the Zarfaty Garage in settler […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/zarfatisite-36x36.png "<strong>A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.</strong>")
A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.
16 April 2023 12:20 PM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project
- East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
16 April 2023 12:15 PM | אין תגובות
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College Teachers
Safety
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![[:en] WAC MAAN continues to be a leading factor in a growing campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents in Israel. Taking into account that the number of workers who died […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/סדנא-ראשונה-1-36x36.jpg "[:en]An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents [:]")
[:en]An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents [:]
24 June 2017 3:23 PM | אין תגובות
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[:en]Industry[:de]Featured Stories[:]
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![Workers of the Ta’aman food company at Mishor Adumim in the occupied West Bank have been on strike since Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. On Dec 6, they also held a […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-06-at-14.22.43-36x36.jpeg "Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”")
Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”
08 December 2021 10:55 AM | אין תגובות
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[:en]Migrant workers[:de]Featured Stories[:]
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MAAN representatives in the Labourstart conference in Tbilisi, Georgia (28-30 April)
פורסם ב May 2, 2023 | No CommentsThe conference was held in the background of unprecedented international support to Ukraine in its heroic fight against Putin's aggression. Key activists from Ukraine's trade unions appeared at the conference and emphasized the importance of mobilizing the workers' movement around the world in support of Ukraine and for democracy. There were also featured representatives of trade unions in Belarus and Kazakhstan - countries where there is severe repression of democratic rights and leaders of the trade unions are in prison. -
![Palestinian employees get better wages and working conditions On March 15th, MAAN – Workers Association signed a second collective agreement for four years ahead with the Zarfaty Garage in settler […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/zarfatisite-115x115.png "<strong>A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.</strong>")
A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.
פורסם ב April 16, 2023 | No CommentsPalestinian employees get better wages and working conditions On March 15th, MAAN – Workers Association signed a second collective agreement for four years ahead with the Zarfaty Garage in settler […] -
![When you ask Google how to prepare for your first birth, the answers are varied, but none of them include the excruciating bureaucracy that Ahlam (pseudonym), an East Jerusalem resident, […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tamarahebsite-115x115.png "<strong>East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth</strong>")
East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
פורסם ב April 16, 2023 | No CommentsWhen you ask Google how to prepare for your first birth, the answers are varied, but none of them include the excruciating bureaucracy that Ahlam (pseudonym), an East Jerusalem resident, […] -
![The Histadrut’s refusal to join the huge anti-government demonstrations prepares the ground for future attacks on it and on workers’ rights. Israel’s new protest movement against the Government Judicial Reform […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/histadruthebsite-115x115.png "<strong>The Histadrut remains neutral on the extreme right-wing coup d’etat in Israel</strong>")
The Histadrut remains neutral on the extreme right-wing coup d’etat in Israel
פורסם ב February 28, 2023 | No CommentsThe Histadrut’s refusal to join the huge anti-government demonstrations prepares the ground for future attacks on it and on workers’ rights. Israel’s new protest movement against the Government Judicial Reform […] -
Thefight against the right wing government impels a commitment to the principle of equal partnership between Israelis and Palestinians
פורסם ב February 5, 2023 | No CommentsThefight against the right wing government impels a commitment to the principle of equal partnership between Israelis and Palestinians -
![The new extreme Israeli rightwing government is a challenge to all democratic forces who support human and workers’ rights. For over twenty years we have stood at the center of […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/main-scaled.jpg "MAAN: News from the front line – A strong voice for equality and freedom that stands up to the new rightwing Government.")
MAAN: News from the front line – A strong voice for equality and freedom that stands up to the new rightwing Government.
פורסם ב January 15, 2023 | No CommentsThe new extreme Israeli rightwing government is a challenge to all democratic forces who support human and workers’ rights. For over twenty years we have stood at the center of […]
wellfare workers
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Workers of the Home for Youth at Risk in Tamra have unionized with WAC MAAN
19 May 2015 2:43 PM | אין תגובות
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![[:en]Negotiations on a collective agreement are due to start soon Some 72 employees (more than a third) of the NGO “Hand in Hand” have joined WAC-MAAN, making it the representative […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/יד-ביד-ירושלים-24.5-36x36.jpg "[:en]In the bilingual day-care centers and schools of “Hand in Hand” (Yad b’Yad) teachers and workers have organized in WAC-MAAN[:]"){kind=small}
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<p>On Sunday, December 13, 2015, the Israeli daily Calcalist (Yediot Aharonot's economic supplement) published an article that announced the failure of the deal between Israel and China, which had been slated to allow the importation of 20,000 Chinese workers as bonded labour to work in the Israeli construction industry.</p>
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<p>[:]</p>](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/סינים-36x36.jpg "[:en]We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel[:]"){kind=small}