The East Jerusalem Project
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![During the pandemic WAC-MAAN has taken many steps to support Palestinian women in Jerusalem to overcome the impact of the crisis. Some of these are detailed here. Workers’ Covid-19 Hotline […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20191204-WA0001-36x36.jpg "Hotline for women in East Jerusalem")
Hotline for women in East Jerusalem
15 October 2020 7:47 AM | אין תגובות
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Palestinian Workers – Articles
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![‘I know the Land of Israel belongs only to the Jewish people and if the law forces me to, I will stop employing them,’ Yamit Filtration’s CEO said, before apologizing […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eedc0438-1ee2-41fc-8c18-04dc81a37526-36x36.jpg "Israeli Employer Won’t Sign Labor Agreement With Palestinian Workers")
Israeli Employer Won’t Sign Labor Agreement With Palestinian Workers
16 January 2021 8:17 AM | אין תגובות - Workers of the “Yamit” factory near Tulkarm announced an open strike after it became clear that the company rejects their demands and wants them to be workers without rights.
03 January 2021 8:29 AM | אין תגובות -
![MAAN Workers Association continues to raise the flag of international solidarity to all workers especially Palestinian workers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. MAAN is active 24/7 in the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FNV-36x36.jpg "Organizing Palestinian workers: Raising the flag of solidarity.")
Organizing Palestinian workers: Raising the flag of solidarity.
23 December 2020 10:23 AM | אין תגובות -
![On Sunday, December 13, the MAAN Workers Association notified the Tamar Tov (good date) Packing House in the Jordan Valley (lacated near the Masu’a settlement in the West Bank) that […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ed94c860-775d-470b-bbde-59bf283fc30b-36x36.jpg "64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights")
64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights
18 December 2020 7:57 PM | אין תגובות -
![75 Palestinian employees of Yamit Filtration went on strike in November, after the company refused to negotiate on a collective agreement. Many of the strikers have been employed in the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/9f249b0c-bc0c-4b2a-8ed9-2f11c29daf51-36x36.jpg "On strike: Palestinian workers of Yamit Filtration in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone (near Tulkarm)")
On strike: Palestinian workers of Yamit Filtration in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone (near Tulkarm)
14 December 2020 11:38 AM | אין תגובות -
![Summary: In February 2020, MAAN Workers Association, in cooperation with Kav LaOved, filed a petition with the National Labor Court against the Payments Section (henceforth Matash) in the Ministry of […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Palestinian-Workers-36x36.jpg "Following MAAN’s petition, Israeli Interior Ministry’s Payments Section has stopped deducting service fees from the wages of Palestinian workers. The fees were paid to the Histadrut since 1970 and to Histadrut Leumit since 2019")
Following MAAN’s petition, Israeli Interior Ministry’s Payments Section has stopped deducting service fees from the wages of Palestinian workers. The fees were paid to the Histadrut since 1970 and to Histadrut Leumit since 2019
08 December 2020 1:41 PM | אין תגובות -
![Workers at an Israeli plant which employs Palestinians in the Jerusalem region contacted WAC MAAN, September 30th, after their employer said they would have to work 24-hour shifts. The union […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/f78794ec17ab78a804e3abef7113bc22-36x36.jpg "WAC MAAN stopped an employer from using pandemic as an excuse to force workers to labor around the clock")
WAC MAAN stopped an employer from using pandemic as an excuse to force workers to labor around the clock
06 October 2020 10:23 AM | אין תגובות -
![The president of the Regional labor court in Jerusalem, Justice Eyal Avrahami, has issued a decision, dated August 31, 2020, determining that Maya Foods has violated the law by harming […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mahkamat-elamal-36x36.jpeg "Maya Food Industries in Mishor Adumim has been penalized 200,000 NIS for harm to Palestinian workers organized with WAC-MAAN")
Maya Food Industries in Mishor Adumim has been penalized 200,000 NIS for harm to Palestinian workers organized with WAC-MAAN
09 September 2020 8:58 AM | אין תגובות -
![The Palestinian workers at Green Net Recycling are unionized with WAC-MAAN. They are protesting harsh working conditions, which include being forced to sleep at the plant during the pandemic in […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Strike-Green-Net-36x36.jpeg "WAC-MAAN announces a one-day warning strike on July 29, 2020 against Green Net Garbage Recycling in Atarot Industrial Area, Jerusalem.")
WAC-MAAN announces a one-day warning strike on July 29, 2020 against Green Net Garbage Recycling in Atarot Industrial Area, Jerusalem.
29 July 2020 2:18 PM | אין תגובות -
![WAC-MAAN assisted Kav Laoved and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel in submitting a petition to the High Court on March 30, 2020, demanding that the Finance Ministry and […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עובדים-פלסטינים-במחסום-מישור-אדומים-ינואר-2015-640x300-36x36.jpg "Petition to High Court for compensation for Palestinians who lost their jobs in Israel due to Covid-19")
Petition to High Court for compensation for Palestinians who lost their jobs in Israel due to Covid-19
06 April 2020 8:02 AM | אין תגובות -
![Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers will be sleeping in their work places in Israel, but many more will be left with no work and no source of income. On […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WhatsApp-Image-2020-03-17-at-15.34.03-36x36.jpeg "Commuting to Israel in Times of Corona")
Commuting to Israel in Times of Corona
27 March 2020 2:08 PM | אין תגובות -
![Kav LaOved (Worker’s Hotline) and WAC-MAAN have petitioned Israel’s National Labor Court against discriminatory practices by the Payment Department with regard to the deduction of membership dues and service fees […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/דמי-טיפול-36x36.jpg "WAC MAAN and Kav LaOved petition Payment Department to stop irregularities in deductions from Palestinians employed in Israel")
WAC MAAN and Kav LaOved petition Payment Department to stop irregularities in deductions from Palestinians employed in Israel
18 March 2020 10:01 AM | אין תגובות -
![In a ruling issued on November 26, 2019, the Regional Jerusalem Labor Court judge, Justice Daniel Goldberg, decreed that WAC-MAAN (henceforth WAC) is the official representative union of the workers […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Maya-on-strike-36x36.jpeg "A major gain for WAC-MAAN and for Palestinian workers as Labor Court ordains Maya Food Industries negotiate with the union and pay 160,000 NIS in damages for obstructing its drive to unionize the company")
A major gain for WAC-MAAN and for Palestinian workers as Labor Court ordains Maya Food Industries negotiate with the union and pay 160,000 NIS in damages for obstructing its drive to unionize the company
01 December 2019 2:31 PM | אין תגובות -
![The workers at R. S. Marketing and Food Production (also known as Rejwan) joined the trade union WAC- MAAN last September and they seek to negotiate a collective agreement guaranteeing […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/יום-השביתה-25.11-36x36.jpg "50 Palestinian workers in a food plant in Atarot Industrial Zone go on strike")
50 Palestinian workers in a food plant in Atarot Industrial Zone go on strike
27 November 2019 11:00 AM | אין תגובות -
![On November 4th, Muhammad Abu Sneineh, a production worker in Maya Foods factory in Mishor Edomim Industrial Zone, collapsed at work due to acute pain in his back. His co-workers […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוחמד-אבו-סנינה-4-11-19-36x36.jpeg "A Palestinian worker who collapsed during work was thrown down by the roadside by a formean in Maya Foods plant in Mishor Edumimim")
A Palestinian worker who collapsed during work was thrown down by the roadside by a formean in Maya Foods plant in Mishor Edumimim
16 November 2019 6:22 PM | אין תגובות -
![In an application to the Israeli Payments Authority (PIBA), the workers’ rights organization Kav LaOved (KLO) and WAC-MAAN (WAC) demanded that Palestinian workers be allowed to unionize as they like. […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/גיוסי-5-36x36.jpg "WAC-MAAN and Kav LaOved demand to stop automatic dues payments by Palestinian workers to the Histadrut, instead allowing workers to choose to join WAC-MAAN")
WAC-MAAN and Kav LaOved demand to stop automatic dues payments by Palestinian workers to the Histadrut, instead allowing workers to choose to join WAC-MAAN
12 September 2019 1:19 PM | אין תגובות -
![The workers demand that Maya Food Industries stop attempts to force them into the “Histadrut Leumit” The strike comes after a Jerusalem Labor Court on Sept. 5 ordered Maya Foods […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Maya-on-strike-36x36.jpeg "Palestinian workers in a West Bank settlement strike for their right to choose WAC-MAAN as their union")
Palestinian workers in a West Bank settlement strike for their right to choose WAC-MAAN as their union
11 September 2019 8:37 AM | אין תגובות -
![After years of passivity caused by fear of layoffs, workers in Maya Foods Industries – one of the biggest factories in the settlement industrial zone of Mishor Adumim, have taken […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/af2ae4e0-b117-40b2-88e6-0b74d0f40bb5-36x36.jpg "Palestinian workers at Maya Foods join WAC- MAAN to fight for their rights")
Palestinian workers at Maya Foods join WAC- MAAN to fight for their rights
02 September 2019 8:21 AM | אין תגובות -
![The Agreement regulating wage and job conditions of Palestinian workers is the 2nd one signed by the independent Union in this Industrial Zone Workers Committee Member Osama Abu Rizek: “Worker […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/180904-פגישה-עם-פועלי-מ.א.-מתכות-מישור-אדומים-1-36x36.jpg "WAC-MAAN signs Collective Agreement at N.A. Metal in Mishor Adumim, Area C")
WAC-MAAN signs Collective Agreement at N.A. Metal in Mishor Adumim, Area C
30 July 2019 8:31 PM | אין תגובות -
![The independent trade union center WAC-MAAN releases a comprehensive report summarizing ten years of struggle to organize Palestinian workers in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank The report released […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/תמונות-16-5-3-36x36.jpeg "New Research: WAC-MAAN – A decade of organizing Palestinian workers in the West Bank Settlements – A summary")
New Research: WAC-MAAN – A decade of organizing Palestinian workers in the West Bank Settlements – A summary
15 June 2019 10:56 AM | אין תגובות
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Palestinian Workers
- Israeli Employer Won’t Sign Labor Agreement With Palestinian Workers
16 January 2021 8:17 AM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project
- 64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights
18 December 2020 7:57 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
Migrant workers
Palestinian Workers ארכיון
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![‘I know the Land of Israel belongs only to the Jewish people and if the law forces me to, I will stop employing them,’ Yamit Filtration’s CEO said, before apologizing […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eedc0438-1ee2-41fc-8c18-04dc81a37526-115x115.jpg "Israeli Employer Won’t Sign Labor Agreement With Palestinian Workers")
Israeli Employer Won’t Sign Labor Agreement With Palestinian Workers
פורסם ב January 16, 2021 | No Comments‘I know the Land of Israel belongs only to the Jewish people and if the law forces me to, I will stop employing them,’ Yamit Filtration’s CEO said, before apologizing […] -
Workers of the “Yamit” factory near Tulkarm announced an open strike after it became clear that the company rejects their demands and wants them to be workers without rights.
פורסם ב January 3, 2021 | No CommentsWorkers at the “Yamit Sinon” factory, most of them from the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank, declared in a labor rally held on Friday January 1, 2021, that […] -
![MAAN Workers Association continues to raise the flag of international solidarity to all workers especially Palestinian workers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. MAAN is active 24/7 in the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FNV-115x115.jpg "Organizing Palestinian workers: Raising the flag of solidarity.")
Organizing Palestinian workers: Raising the flag of solidarity.
פורסם ב December 23, 2020 | No CommentsMAAN Workers Association continues to raise the flag of international solidarity to all workers especially Palestinian workers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. MAAN is active 24/7 in the […] -
![On Sunday, December 13, the MAAN Workers Association notified the Tamar Tov (good date) Packing House in the Jordan Valley (lacated near the Masu’a settlement in the West Bank) that […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ed94c860-775d-470b-bbde-59bf283fc30b-115x115.jpg "64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights")
64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights
פורסם ב December 18, 2020 | No CommentsOn Sunday, December 13, the MAAN Workers Association notified the Tamar Tov (good date) Packing House in the Jordan Valley (lacated near the Masu’a settlement in the West Bank) that […] -
![75 Palestinian employees of Yamit Filtration went on strike in November, after the company refused to negotiate on a collective agreement. Many of the strikers have been employed in the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/9f249b0c-bc0c-4b2a-8ed9-2f11c29daf51-115x115.jpg "On strike: Palestinian workers of Yamit Filtration in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone (near Tulkarm)")
On strike: Palestinian workers of Yamit Filtration in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone (near Tulkarm)
פורסם ב December 14, 2020 | No Comments75 Palestinian employees of Yamit Filtration went on strike in November, after the company refused to negotiate on a collective agreement. Many of the strikers have been employed in the […] -
![Summary: In February 2020, MAAN Workers Association, in cooperation with Kav LaOved, filed a petition with the National Labor Court against the Payments Section (henceforth Matash) in the Ministry of […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Palestinian-Workers-115x115.jpg "Following MAAN’s petition, Israeli Interior Ministry’s Payments Section has stopped deducting service fees from the wages of Palestinian workers. The fees were paid to the Histadrut since 1970 and to Histadrut Leumit since 2019")
Following MAAN’s petition, Israeli Interior Ministry’s Payments Section has stopped deducting service fees from the wages of Palestinian workers. The fees were paid to the Histadrut since 1970 and to Histadrut Leumit since 2019
פורסם ב December 8, 2020 | No CommentsSummary: In February 2020, MAAN Workers Association, in cooperation with Kav LaOved, filed a petition with the National Labor Court against the Payments Section (henceforth Matash) in the Ministry of […] -
![Workers at an Israeli plant which employs Palestinians in the Jerusalem region contacted WAC MAAN, September 30th, after their employer said they would have to work 24-hour shifts. The union […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/f78794ec17ab78a804e3abef7113bc22-115x115.jpg "WAC MAAN stopped an employer from using pandemic as an excuse to force workers to labor around the clock")
WAC MAAN stopped an employer from using pandemic as an excuse to force workers to labor around the clock
פורסם ב October 6, 2020 | No CommentsWorkers at an Israeli plant which employs Palestinians in the Jerusalem region contacted WAC MAAN, September 30th, after their employer said they would have to work 24-hour shifts. The union […] -
![The president of the Regional labor court in Jerusalem, Justice Eyal Avrahami, has issued a decision, dated August 31, 2020, determining that Maya Foods has violated the law by harming […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mahkamat-elamal-115x115.jpeg "Maya Food Industries in Mishor Adumim has been penalized 200,000 NIS for harm to Palestinian workers organized with WAC-MAAN")
Maya Food Industries in Mishor Adumim has been penalized 200,000 NIS for harm to Palestinian workers organized with WAC-MAAN
פורסם ב September 9, 2020 | No CommentsThe president of the Regional labor court in Jerusalem, Justice Eyal Avrahami, has issued a decision, dated August 31, 2020, determining that Maya Foods has violated the law by harming […] -
![The Palestinian workers at Green Net Recycling are unionized with WAC-MAAN. They are protesting harsh working conditions, which include being forced to sleep at the plant during the pandemic in […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Strike-Green-Net-115x115.jpeg "WAC-MAAN announces a one-day warning strike on July 29, 2020 against Green Net Garbage Recycling in Atarot Industrial Area, Jerusalem.")
WAC-MAAN announces a one-day warning strike on July 29, 2020 against Green Net Garbage Recycling in Atarot Industrial Area, Jerusalem.
פורסם ב July 29, 2020 | No CommentsThe Palestinian workers at Green Net Recycling are unionized with WAC-MAAN. They are protesting harsh working conditions, which include being forced to sleep at the plant during the pandemic in […] -
![WAC-MAAN assisted Kav Laoved and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel in submitting a petition to the High Court on March 30, 2020, demanding that the Finance Ministry and […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עובדים-פלסטינים-במחסום-מישור-אדומים-ינואר-2015-640x300-115x115.jpg "Petition to High Court for compensation for Palestinians who lost their jobs in Israel due to Covid-19")
Petition to High Court for compensation for Palestinians who lost their jobs in Israel due to Covid-19
פורסם ב April 6, 2020 | No CommentsWAC-MAAN assisted Kav Laoved and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel in submitting a petition to the High Court on March 30, 2020, demanding that the Finance Ministry and […]
![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}
