The East Jerusalem Project
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![High Court: Long lines at Employment Bureau, Population and Immigration Authority in East Jerusalem are “hell”; State must find operational solution On 15 March, the High Court heard a case […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SCJ-36x36.jpg "Hell in East Jerusalem")
Hell in East Jerusalem
22 March 2018 3:58 PM | אין תגובות
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The East Jerusalem Project – articles
- Hell in East Jerusalem
22 March 2018 3:58 PM | אין תגובות -
![The Clinical Legal Education Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, WAC-MAAN and The WAC-MAAN nursery staff group sent letters to the Labor and Welfare Minister Haim Katz, and Jerusalem Mayor […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170619-ועדה-לקידום-מעמד-האישה-הכנסת-1-Copy-36x36.jpg "Open nurseries in East Jerusalem and enable women to work!")
Open nurseries in East Jerusalem and enable women to work!
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![Introduction: Little has been written about the workforce participation of the Palestinian women in East Jerusalem (EJ). The present report has had its origin in a long-term struggle by the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170521-תמונות-ווטסאפ-לשכת-התעסוקה-15-36x36.jpg "Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market")
Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market
11 July 2017 6:26 PM | אין תגובות - Summary: Condemned to Unemployment – East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market
11 July 2017 9:45 AM | אין תגובות -
![This report was written by Roni Ben Efrat, and Michal Schwartz From WAC-MAAN’s Development and Gender departments As part of its human rights agenda, WAC-MAAN works among women who have […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/דילול-אפרסקים-מראח-22.1-36x36.jpg "Palestinian women in Israel and in East Jerusalem: Gender analysis of WAC-MAAN’s target group vis-à-vis the question of employment")
Palestinian women in Israel and in East Jerusalem: Gender analysis of WAC-MAAN’s target group vis-à-vis the question of employment
08 March 2017 4:29 PM | אין תגובות -
![Towards the end of 2015, WAC-MAAN came across a new problem in representing job-seekers vis-a-vis the Employment Bureau in East Jerusalem: job-seekers who were referred to a job by the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG-20160413-WA0018-36x36.jpg "Employment Bureau tries in vain to prevent WAC-MAAN from representing clients in appeal committees")
Employment Bureau tries in vain to prevent WAC-MAAN from representing clients in appeal committees
26 October 2016 2:55 PM | אין תגובות -
![Separate bureaus and procedures; refusal by clerks to receive documents and allow submission of claims; refusal by the Employment Bureau to receive and handle job seekers; referrals to fictitious jobs; […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/150308-ביקור-בביטוח-הלאומי-7-36x36.jpg "The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem")
The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem
23 November 2015 12:25 PM | 2 תגובות -
In Palestinian East Jerusalem the National Insurance Institute obstructs claims for income-security benefits, while the Employment Bureau turns a cold shoulder to jobseekers
22 November 2015 10:48 AM | אין תגובות -
WAC MAAN organizes a Panel on Palestinian workers in East Jerusalem and Area C, followed by its Annual General Assembly
21 May 2015 11:25 AM | אין תגובות -
![The report is available also in Hebrew and Arabic In occupied East Jerusalem (EJ) reside 300,200 Palestinians. Of them, 77% are beneath the poverty line (according to figures of Israel’s […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image005-36x36.png "Press release: A new WAC-MAAN report reveals – Israeli social institutions contribute to poverty and emigration to neighborhoods beyond the separation barrier")
Press release: A new WAC-MAAN report reveals – Israeli social institutions contribute to poverty and emigration to neighborhoods beyond the separation barrier
21 October 2014 3:31 PM | אין תגובות -
East Jerusalem – A Socioeconomic Disaster:
20 October 2014 6:11 PM | 3 תגובות -
Harassment, Contempt and Degrading Physical Conditions in the Employment Bureau of East Jerusalem
07 August 2012 10:11 AM | אין תגובות
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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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Palestinian Workers – Articles
- Employers fear “Zarfati precedent”, raise Palestinian workers’ wages
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Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority
17 October 2017 9:25 AM | אין תגובות -
![By Miriam Berger, The Nation, October 4th, 2017 The political front is stalemated, and the occupation grinds on—but some Palestinians are creating their own facts on the ground. To the article in […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/עובדיצרפתי-קטן-36x36.jpg "Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank")
Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank
09 October 2017 2:11 PM | אין תגובות -
![Tali Heruti-Sover Haaretz, July 27th, 2017 The Israeli employers stepped up the abuse once the Palestinian workers decided to unionize The Hayei Adam (Life of Man) carpentry shop in Mishor […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/חיי-אדם-16.5-36x36.jpg "This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights")
This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights
27 July 2017 9:09 AM | אין תגובות -
![Workers at the “Hayei Adam” carpentry in Mishor Adumim have decided to end years of exploitative and precarious employment. Most of them have worked at a wage of NIS 140 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/פגישה-עם-עובדים-16-5-36x36.jpg "Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment")
Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment
23 May 2017 3:29 PM | אין תגובות - WAC-MAAN signs a groundbreaking collective agreement for Palestinians at Mishor Adumim’s Zarfati garage
19 February 2017 8:56 AM | אין תגובות -
![Yesterday, April 5, 2016, the National Labor Court, sitting as a threesome, unanimously denied an appeal made by the owners of Zarfati garage against a decision of the Regional […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hatem-National-Court-36x36.jpg "Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job”")
Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job”
06 April 2016 9:40 PM | אין תגובות -
![In a decision which will have far-reaching consequences for Palestinian workers, Jerusalem Labour Court President Justice Eyal Avrahami ruled that the dismissal of the Zarfati Garage Workers’ Committee Chairperson was […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DSC8583-36x36.jpg "Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says")
Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says
24 February 2016 12:22 PM | אין תגובות -
![By Haggai Matar. Published on Local Call website on February 16, 2016 Hatem Abu Ziadeh spent almost 20 years working at an auto repair shop in a West Bank industrial zone. […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/חאתם-יור-ועד-מישור-אדומים-אליפלט-36x36.jpg "Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’")
Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’
17 February 2016 12:18 PM | אין תגובות -
![By YONAH JEREMY BOB, The Jerusalem Post, 07/15/2015 To the article Lawyer for laborers: How can 1967 Jordanian law apply when it does not apply anywhere in the world, even Jordan? In […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/logo-without-text-115x115-36x36.jpg "Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing")
Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing
15 July 2015 12:31 PM | אין תגובות - Palestinians working in the Settlement “Nitzanei Shalom” Industrial Zone appeal to National Labor Court against implementation of the exploitative Jordanian Law
14 July 2015 10:03 AM | אין תגובות - In West Bank industrial zone, everything is Israeli – except the harsh labor laws
05 June 2015 1:52 PM | אין תגובות -
Palestinian workers: In spite of impoverishment and exploitation we dare claim our rights
03 June 2015 2:28 PM | אין תגובות - WAC MAAN organizes a Panel on Palestinian workers in East Jerusalem and Area C, followed by its Annual General Assembly
21 May 2015 11:25 AM | אין תגובות -
Israeli police bring union leader in for questioning over LabourStart global campaign
08 May 2015 9:05 AM | אין תגובות -
Israel’s National Labor Court: WAC-MAAN is the representative workers’ union at Zarfati Garage in West Bank
21 April 2015 5:14 PM | אין תגובות -
Jerusalem Court to hear appeals of 3 Palestinian workers sacked by Zarfati Garage for union activism
08 March 2015 1:03 PM | אין תגובות -
Palestinian workers in occupied West Bank strike for recognition of labor union
19 February 2015 5:08 PM | אין תגובות - Labour struggle in West Bank belies claims of harmony
15 February 2015 3:49 PM | אין תגובות -
WAC-MAAN has declared a labor dispute and strike at M.S. Aluminum plant that employs Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim
09 February 2015 2:16 PM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project
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![Olwen Maynard has been at CAFOD for over thirty years. While reviewing project files to see what’s worked and what didn’t, she’s often amazed to see the difference that’s been […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Karima-blog-photo-768x432-36x36.jpg "The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel")
The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel
25 October 2017 9:26 AM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project – Articles
- The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel
25 October 2017 9:26 AM | אין תגובות -
![On Sunday, October 1, the graduation ceremony of the first course for the training of Arab nursing workers in nursing homes for the elders will take place at Hillel Yaffe […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/18.9-דורות-36x36.jpg "Pilot Program Trains Arab Women to Work in Nursing")
Pilot Program Trains Arab Women to Work in Nursing
01 October 2017 8:37 AM | אין תגובות -
![Thirty-five Arab women from Israel’s Wadi Ara region have begun a training course in caring for the elderly and mentally frail. The course, which began on July 9, was made […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/קורס-סיעוד1-7.9-36x36.jpg "35 Arab women undergo training for work in Care in Hillel Yaffe hospital")
35 Arab women undergo training for work in Care in Hillel Yaffe hospital
23 July 2017 2:36 PM | אין תגובות - Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market
11 July 2017 6:26 PM | אין תגובות - Summary: Condemned to Unemployment – East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market
11 July 2017 9:45 AM | אין תגובות - Palestinian women in Israel and in East Jerusalem: Gender analysis of WAC-MAAN’s target group vis-à-vis the question of employment
08 March 2017 4:29 PM | אין תגובות -
![Anyone who visited Sindyanna of Galilee in Kafr Qana on Saturday (March 4, 2017) was impressed by an unusual sight: some fifty Arab and Jewish women, including members of the […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSC_1641-36x36.jpg "International Women’s Day: Weaving a common future")
International Women’s Day: Weaving a common future
08 March 2017 9:48 AM | אין תגובות -
![Karima from Kufr Qara in the pepper greenhouse. Photo Noa Kozak Karima Yahya, 53, is a mother of six and a grandmother. She has been involved in the project “Women […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/לקט-ישראל-צרופה-כרימה-27.5-36x36.jpg "Karima Yahya, agricultural worker: “I pity those who do not work”")
Karima Yahya, agricultural worker: “I pity those who do not work”
05 November 2016 12:55 PM | אין תגובות -
![Published in The Marker, 19 July 2016. Written by Michal Schwartz and Wafa Tiara The precarious employment of migrant laborers causes unemployment among Israelis willing to work in agriculture, particularly Arab […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/לקט-ישראל-כולן-27.5-נועה-קוזק-36x36.jpg "Migrant labor is Expensive")
Migrant labor is Expensive
24 July 2016 12:33 PM | אין תגובות -
![The Community Center, Baqa al-Gharbia, 8 March, 2016. “Woman is the first victim of violence” was the title of a well-attended gathering held on the occasion of International Women’s Day […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DSC8667-Copy-36x36.jpg "Women’s Day in Baqa al-Gharbia: The change must begin from within")
Women’s Day in Baqa al-Gharbia: The change must begin from within
15 March 2016 2:16 PM | אין תגובות -
![<p><strong>The deal reached by Israeli farmers with the Ministers of Finance and Agriculture – to exempt them from paying a special tax on employing migrant workers – is a capitulation […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tomatos-640x300-36x36.jpg "The deal between Israeli farmers and the Israeli government will deepen unemployment among Arab women")
The deal between Israeli farmers and the Israeli government will deepen unemployment among Arab women
15 October 2015 7:45 PM | אין תגובות -
![Written by Tal Miller, Mynet, “Yediot Hadera”, on June 2nd On the day she went out to work in agriculture to provide for her family, her eyes opened. There she […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wafa-mynet-36x36.jpg "Wafa Tiara, Kufr Qara’s “First Feminist”")
Wafa Tiara, Kufr Qara’s “First Feminist”
06 July 2015 10:21 AM | אין תגובות -
CAFOD partner Wafa Tiara wins award
12 April 2015 10:23 AM | אין תגובות -
International Women’s Day: Women Making Change
10 March 2015 9:47 AM | אין תגובות -
Arab Women Demand Work – Kafr Qara
01 January 2015 6:03 PM | אין תגובות -
Wafa Tiara in Tel Aviv: ‘Don’t worry! You will change!’
09 December 2014 2:53 PM | אין תגובות -
Solidarity with Bialik House Workers
08 June 2014 12:18 PM | אין תגובות -
![Agricultural workers unable to work due to the wintry weather are ineligible for compensation. The government talks a lot on the need to help Arab women get into the labour […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/איה-ברטנשטין-36x36.gif "A Cold Wind in the Labor Market")
A Cold Wind in the Labor Market
12 May 2014 3:38 PM | אין תגובות - The link between interest rates and importing migrant workers
17 March 2014 5:53 PM | אין תגובות -
Fair Trade, Fair Employment
23 December 2013 4:16 PM | אין תגובות
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College Teachers
College Teachers – Articles
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![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")
In the bilingual day-care centers and schools of “Hand in Hand” (Yad b’Yad) teachers and workers have organized in WAC-MAAN
01 August 2017 1:23 PM | אין תגובות -
![Music played the key role in the May 1 celebration held by the Independent Trade Union Centre WAC-MAAN, which brought Palestinian workers from Mishor Adumim together with music and art […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13139260_238393879858052_8723718922768646784_n-36x36.jpg "May Day: Music and solidarity work overtime!")
May Day: Music and solidarity work overtime!
05 May 2016 9:50 AM | אין תגובות -
![Join us to mark the groundbreaking collective agreement for music teachers at Rosh Ha’ayin Music Center We are all equal, we are all with WAC-Maan Saturday April 30, at […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1MAY-english-36x36.jpg "Music & workers: Workers and artists organized with WAC-MAAN celebrate May Day")
Music & workers: Workers and artists organized with WAC-MAAN celebrate May Day
21 April 2016 9:55 AM | אין תגובות -
![A collective agreement over the employment terms of teachers at the Rosh Ha’ayin music center was signed today, Jan. 4, 2016, after lengthy negotiations. Mayor Shalom Ben Moshe, who is […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20130519_220747-copy-36x36.jpg "Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers")
Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers
08 January 2016 7:26 PM | אין תגובות -
![Rosh Haayin music teachers and WAC acting as their Representative Union Organization, have signed yesterday, July 21st, on a collective agreement that regulates both their wages as well as their […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/אורית-נעם-ואסף-36x36.jpg "WAC signs an unprecedented collective agreement, regulating music teachers’ work conditions at Rosh Haayin Music Center")
WAC signs an unprecedented collective agreement, regulating music teachers’ work conditions at Rosh Haayin Music Center
22 June 2015 2:59 PM | אין תגובות -
![The Tel Aviv Labor Court has ruled that the Art College Minshar and its director, Oded Yedaya, must pay WAC-MAAN NIS 50,000 as compensation for harming the workers’ attempt to […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/מנשר-36x36.jpg "TLV Labour Court recognized WAC MAAN as the representative union and ordered Minshar College to pay a NIS 50,000 fine to the union")
TLV Labour Court recognized WAC MAAN as the representative union and ordered Minshar College to pay a NIS 50,000 fine to the union
04 February 2015 11:09 AM | אין תגובות -
A victory in the struggle: Tel Aviv’s Bialik House workers recognized as employees
09 September 2014 10:36 AM | אין תגובות -
WAC Maan has signed 2 collective agreements with the Musrara School of Art and the School of Visual Theatre
20 February 2013 2:28 PM | אין תגובות - WAC Maan signs a collective agreement in Musrara Art College in Jerusalem
28 October 2010 2:58 PM | אין תגובות -
![A collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School was signed in initials on August 25 A collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School was signed in initials on […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/musrara1-36x36.jpg "A signing of a collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School")
A signing of a collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School
05 October 2010 4:07 PM | אין תגובות
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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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Safety – more articles
- An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents
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Construction workers in Israel: A campaign against workplace accidents creates possibilities for change
05 March 2016 8:07 PM | אין תגובות -
We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel
20 December 2015 5:21 PM | 2 תגובות -
WAC MAAN Conference of Arab workers demands: stop deadly accidents in Israeli construction sites
10 October 2014 12:38 PM | אין תגובות -
25 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the first 3 months of 2014
04 May 2014 12:10 PM | אין תגובות - The Workers Advice Center demands an urgent debate on safety at work
17 May 2012 2:42 PM | אין תגובות - Death of a Builder
17 December 2011 12:27 PM | אין תגובות -
Why was Dr. Valery killed at the Haifa container terminal?
24 October 2011 12:49 PM | אין תגובות -
Conference on Safety in the Construction industry: “Its My Right to come back home Safely!”
01 August 2011 3:44 PM | אין תגובות - 17 workers died in Q1 of 2011
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In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers
05 October 2010 4:05 PM | אין תגובות -
![A team of WAC’s safety department met the safety supervisor Hasan Shuli in Kabul on august 31. The meeting took place in order to advance the program to raise awareness […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sefety_kabul-36x36.jpg "In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers")
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers
05 October 2010 11:44 AM | 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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industry – more items
- 140 workers start 4-day strike at “Yehuda Fences” in Ashdod
02 November 2016 1:13 PM | אין תגובות -
![On Sep 22, WAC-MAAN announced a labor dispute at the manufacturing company “Yehuda Fencing” in Ashdod. This came after we organized the workers there, registering 108 out of 140. These […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/יהודה-רשתות-36x36.jpg "A new unionization drive at Yehuda Fencing")
A new unionization drive at Yehuda Fencing
28 September 2016 1:44 PM | אין תגובות -
Using the war in Gaza as a cover – Maaleh Adumim police and Israeli company collaborate to dismiss a Palestinian shop steward
01 August 2014 11:02 AM | אין תגובות -
Police of WB settlement Maaleh Adumim detain director of WAC-MAAN labor organization, Assaf Adiv
24 July 2014 2:36 PM | אין תגובות -
After year-long struggle WAC-MAAN signs collective agreement at Jana Beverage Plant in Nazareth Illit
19 July 2013 6:20 PM | תגובה אחת -
Palesinian Workers’ Strike at the Salit Quarry – After 1.5 Months: “we will not look backwards! The strike will continue until an agreement would be signed”
07 August 2011 4:09 PM | אין תגובות - Workers Advice Center
10 March 2011 3:18 PM | אין תגובות - WAC addressed the Israel Museum in a demand to improve the teachers’ working conditions
05 October 2010 4:13 PM | אין תגובות
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Migrant workers
Migrants workers – more articles
- We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel
20 December 2015 5:21 PM | 2 תגובות - The link between interest rates and importing migrant workers
17 March 2014 5:53 PM | אין תגובות - Exploitation of migrant labor, unemployment in Arab villages… Who cares?
17 December 2011 12:42 PM | אין תגובות - Eli Yishai’s hidden agenda: Sudanese out! Chinese in!
17 June 2011 9:21 AM | אין תגובות - Drug-induced efficiency?
09 December 2010 2:28 PM | אין תגובות - The government’s emergency programme: handouts for real-estate companies rather than job creation
25 November 2008 2:25 PM | אין תגובות -
![A 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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "WAC’s Petition to the High Court")
WAC’s Petition to the High Court
01 October 2002 3:02 PM | אין תגובות - The Arab Worker in the Era of Globalization
31 July 2001 3:05 PM | אין תגובות
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Palestinian Workers ארכיון
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Employers fear “Zarfati precedent”, raise Palestinian workers’ wages
פורסם ב May 17, 2018 | No CommentsFollowing the signing of the agreement, many employers in the industrial zone have raised their workers’ wages to minimum and begun issuing proper wage slips in an effort to keep their workers satisfied and thus avoid unionizing. -
Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority
פורסם ב October 17, 2017 | No CommentsTax regulations for Palestinian workers in the Israeli Settlements is based on Jordanian law and as a result workers are paying higher taxes than the colleagues in Israel or in PA area. When it comes to settlements, Israel is ignoring international law - but where workers' rights are concerned, international law requires compliance.
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![By Miriam Berger, The Nation, October 4th, 2017 The political front is stalemated, and the occupation grinds on—but some Palestinians are creating their own facts on the ground. To the article in […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/עובדיצרפתי-קטן-115x115.jpg "Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank")
Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank
פורסם ב October 9, 2017 | No CommentsBy Miriam Berger, The Nation, October 4th, 2017 The political front is stalemated, and the occupation grinds on—but some Palestinians are creating their own facts on the ground. To the article in […] -
![Tali Heruti-Sover Haaretz, July 27th, 2017 The Israeli employers stepped up the abuse once the Palestinian workers decided to unionize The Hayei Adam (Life of Man) carpentry shop in Mishor […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/חיי-אדם-16.5-115x115.jpg "This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights")
This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights
פורסם ב July 27, 2017 | No CommentsTali Heruti-Sover Haaretz, July 27th, 2017 The Israeli employers stepped up the abuse once the Palestinian workers decided to unionize The Hayei Adam (Life of Man) carpentry shop in Mishor […] -
![Workers at the “Hayei Adam” carpentry in Mishor Adumim have decided to end years of exploitative and precarious employment. Most of them have worked at a wage of NIS 140 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/פגישה-עם-עובדים-16-5-115x115.jpg "Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment")
Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment
פורסם ב May 23, 2017 | No CommentsWorkers at the “Hayei Adam” carpentry in Mishor Adumim have decided to end years of exploitative and precarious employment. Most of them have worked at a wage of NIS 140 […] -
WAC-MAAN signs a groundbreaking collective agreement for Palestinians at Mishor Adumim’s Zarfati garage
פורסם ב February 19, 2017 | No CommentsFor 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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![Yesterday, April 5, 2016, the National Labor Court, sitting as a threesome, unanimously denied an appeal made by the owners of Zarfati garage against a decision of the Regional […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hatem-National-Court-115x115.jpg "Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job”")
Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job”
פורסם ב April 6, 2016 | No CommentsYesterday, April 5, 2016, the National Labor Court, sitting as a threesome, unanimously denied an appeal made by the owners of Zarfati garage against a decision of the Regional […] -
![In a decision which will have far-reaching consequences for Palestinian workers, Jerusalem Labour Court President Justice Eyal Avrahami ruled that the dismissal of the Zarfati Garage Workers’ Committee Chairperson was […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DSC8583-115x115.jpg "Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says")
Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says
פורסם ב February 24, 2016 | No CommentsIn a decision which will have far-reaching consequences for Palestinian workers, Jerusalem Labour Court President Justice Eyal Avrahami ruled that the dismissal of the Zarfati Garage Workers’ Committee Chairperson was […] -
![By Haggai Matar. Published on Local Call website on February 16, 2016 Hatem Abu Ziadeh spent almost 20 years working at an auto repair shop in a West Bank industrial zone. […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/חאתם-יור-ועד-מישור-אדומים-אליפלט-115x115.jpg "Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’")
Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’
פורסם ב February 17, 2016 | No CommentsBy Haggai Matar. Published on Local Call website on February 16, 2016 Hatem Abu Ziadeh spent almost 20 years working at an auto repair shop in a West Bank industrial zone. […] -
![By YONAH JEREMY BOB, The Jerusalem Post, 07/15/2015 To the article Lawyer for laborers: How can 1967 Jordanian law apply when it does not apply anywhere in the world, even Jordan? In […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/logo-without-text-115x115.jpg "Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing")
Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing
פורסם ב July 15, 2015 | No CommentsBy YONAH JEREMY BOB, The Jerusalem Post, 07/15/2015 To the article Lawyer for laborers: How can 1967 Jordanian law apply when it does not apply anywhere in the world, even Jordan? In […]