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Zarfati Garage workers on strike in Mishur Edumim settlement
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The Hatem Affair
Palestinian Workers – Articles
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Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority
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Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank
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This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights
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Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment
23 May 2017 3:29 PM | No Comments - WAC-MAAN signs a groundbreaking collective agreement for Palestinians at Mishor Adumim’s Zarfati garage
19 February 2017 8:56 AM | No Comments -
Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job”
06 April 2016 9:40 PM | No Comments -
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 | No Comments -
Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’
17 February 2016 12:18 PM | No Comments -
Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing
15 July 2015 12:31 PM | No Comments - 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 | No Comments - In West Bank industrial zone, everything is Israeli – except the harsh labor laws
05 June 2015 1:52 PM | No Comments -
Palestinian workers: In spite of impoverishment and exploitation we dare claim our rights
03 June 2015 2:28 PM | No Comments -
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 | No Comments -
Israeli police bring union leader in for questioning over LabourStart global campaign
08 May 2015 9:05 AM | No Comments -
Israel’s National Labor Court: WAC-MAAN is the representative workers’ union at Zarfati Garage in West Bank
21 April 2015 5:14 PM | No Comments -
Jerusalem Court to hear appeals of 3 Palestinian workers sacked by Zarfati Garage for union activism
08 March 2015 1:03 PM | No Comments -
Palestinian workers in occupied West Bank strike for recognition of labor union
19 February 2015 5:08 PM | No Comments - Labour struggle in West Bank belies claims of harmony
15 February 2015 3:49 PM | No Comments -
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 | No Comments -
“Security” as a pretext against unionizing
25 January 2015 1:16 PM | No Comments
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Palestinian Workers Archive
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Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority
Posted on 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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Palestinian Workers Are Now Unionizing in the West Bank
Posted on 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... -
This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights
Posted on 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... -
Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment
Posted on 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
Posted on 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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Israeli National Labor Court: “Zarfati Garage must return Hatem Abu Ziadeh, to his job”
Posted on 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... -
Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says
Posted on 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... -
Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’
Posted on 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.... -
Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing
Posted on 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... -
Palestinians working in the Settlement “Nitzanei Shalom” Industrial Zone appeal to National Labor Court against implementation of the exploitative Jordanian Law
Posted on July 14, 2015 | No CommentsThe National Labour Court is to hear today 14 July, an appeal that was launched by Palestinian workers against the lower court’s decision that Palestinians working in the Nitzanei Shalom...