The East Jerusalem Project
Palestinian Workers
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Employers fear “Zarfati precedent”, raise Palestinian workers’ wages
17 May 2018 1:28 PM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project
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![On the International Woman Day, March 8th, Arab and Jewish women, refugees and asylum seekers, gathered in Jaffa to express their firm objection to the planed deportation of African refugees […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אישה-שחורה-פליטה-36x36.jpg "Women against deportation: The International Woman Day of Maan")
Women against deportation: The International Woman Day of Maan
10 March 2018 1:43 PM | אין תגובות
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College Teachers
Safety
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![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 in […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/סדנא-ראשונה-1-36x36.jpg "An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents")
An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents
24 June 2017 3:23 PM | אין תגובות
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Industry
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![Dozens of workers came to the strike picket line this morning (November 1st) at the entrance to Yehuda Steel Fences in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. The workers held […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG-20161101-WA0016-36x36.jpg "140 workers start 4-day strike at “Yehuda Fences” in Ashdod")
140 workers start 4-day strike at “Yehuda Fences” in Ashdod
02 November 2016 1:13 PM | אין תגובות
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Migrant workers
trade union ארכיון
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Israeli workers committees shoot themselves in the foot
פורסם ב April 16, 2014 | No CommentsRather than stepping up to head a social movement and lend the weight of organized labour to the struggle for peace and equality, leaders of new workers committees prefer to support Likud, thus giving a hand to a party that is right-wing, war-mongering and anti-labour. -
Bob Crow 1961 – 2014
פורסם ב March 13, 2014 | No CommentsWe were shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death of RMT GS Bob Crow who was a symbol of courageous and fighting unionism.
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The Histadrut Construction Union works for the construction companies, not the workers
פורסם ב December 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe Israeli building contractors got what they wanted when the government decided in July to increase migrant laborer quotas for the construction sector -
Truckers – the Dutch model
פורסם ב October 5, 2010 | No CommentsA visit by Workers Advice Center (WAC-Maan) representatives to the Netherlands’ largest trade union, the FNV, revealed the enormous gap between an Israeli trucker’s wage and that of his Dutch counterpart. While in the Netherlands a truck driver works eight hours a day (48 hours a week) and earns some NIS 10,000 (2,000 euro) basic wage, in Israel a truck driver often has to work at least 12 hours a day (68 hours a week) for just NIS 7,000 (1,400 euro, including bonuses). This works out at NIS 48 (9.6 euro) per hour for the Dutch driver, and just NIS 24 (4.8 euro) for the Israeli driver – exactly half. -
Remarks
פורסם ב February 10, 2010 | No Comments1. See for example: Kav Laoved Hotline for Migrant Workers Koach Laovdim Maagalei Zedek 2. See for example some of the articles published in the Israeli press on WAC’s activity […] -
The Pension Scam
פורסם ב February 19, 2008 | No CommentsIn July 2007 the Histadrut (Israel’s General Federation of Labor) reached a pension agreement with the Coordinating Office of Economic Organizations.* “A historic accord!” said the signers. For the first […] -
![AFTER CUTTING INTO the living flesh of the jobless, the physically challenged, children and the elderly, and after trampling organized labor, the Israeli government in 2007 wakes up to discover […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/logo-without-text-115x115.jpg "Reforms versus Organized Labor")
Reforms versus Organized Labor
פורסם ב March 1, 2007 | No CommentsAFTER CUTTING INTO the living flesh of the jobless, the physically challenged, children and the elderly, and after trampling organized labor, the Israeli government in 2007 wakes up to discover […] -
![Israel of the 21st century likes its workers docile, accessible, mobile, and cheap. This wasn’t always the case. The ruling establishment, built by Mapai and the Histadrut, for decades maintained […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/ההסתדרות-115x63.png "The Breaking of Organized Labor in Israel")
The Breaking of Organized Labor in Israel
פורסם ב July 30, 2006 | No CommentsIsrael of the 21st century likes its workers docile, accessible, mobile, and cheap. This wasn’t always the case. The ruling establishment, built by Mapai and the Histadrut, for decades maintained […] -
WAC’s Petition to the High Court
פורסם ב October 1, 2002 | No CommentsA Job to Win (Chapter 3) by Stephen Langfur The Workers Advice Center (WAC), through its lawyer, Bassam Karkabi, has petitioned the High Court of Israel, asking it to make […]
![A historic precedent was set by the Israeli Supreme Court in relation to a petition brought on March 15, by HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, in collaboration […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180530-תמונות-ווטסאפ-לשכת-התעסוקה-3-36x36.jpg "Historic Precedent: Employment Bureau in West Jerusalem to serve Palestinians from EJ Too"){kind=small}
![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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/יד-ביד-ירושלים-24.5-36x36.jpg "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}
