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Zarfati Garage workers on strike in Mishur Edumim settlement
May day demonstration in front of “Beit Bialik” in solidarity with Bialik house workers. Film by SocialTV -
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
09 October 2017 2:11 PM | No Comments -
This Synagogue Furniture Factory Is Actually a Sweatshop that Tramples Palestinians’ Rights
27 July 2017 9:09 AM | No Comments -
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 in Mishor Adumim aluminium plant unionize with WAC-MAAN
Posted on January 21, 2015 | 1 CommentPalestinians employed by MS Aluminium Ltd. in the Mishor Adumim industrial zone (West Bank) have joined the Workers Advice Center (WAC-MAAN).
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Escalation in struggle to reinstate head of a Palestinian workers’ committee in settlement garage: WAC-MAAN appeals to National Labor Court
Posted on January 14, 2015 | No CommentsOn January 12, the independent Trade Union Center WAC-MAAN appealed the Jerusalem Labor Court decision from 28 December 2014. The appeal, filed in the National Labor Court, demands the reinstatement... -
Changes at Mishor Adumim Checkpoint pressure Palestinian workers
Posted on January 8, 2015 | No CommentsThe hours-long delay leads to friction between the security staff and Palestinian workers trying to reach their jobs. The workers are sanctioned with pay cuts and fines for arriving late to their shifts.
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A big gain for Palestinian workers organizing in the Settlements
Posted on December 2, 2014 | No CommentsWAC-MAAN’s petition to Israeli High Court succeeds in nullifying order preventing Palestinian union organizer from reaching his job in West Bank Attorney Ron Rozenberg of the Israel State Prosecutor’s Office... -
The Hatem Affair
Posted on November 19, 2014 | No CommentsThe story of a Palestinian workers' union in Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone, which came under attack by the employer who falsely charged the union leader, Hatem Abu-Ziadeh with being a saboteur, after trying to fire him, thus denying him his permit to enter the industrial zone and his job.
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WAC-MAAN petitions the High Court of Justice to immediately reinstate work permit of workers’ committee chairman
Posted on November 1, 2014 | No Commentsdevelopments in the struggle of Palestinian workers at Zarfaty Garage
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How do you stop Palestinians unionizing? Cancel their entry permits
Posted on September 15, 2014 | No CommentsAn Israeli employer of Palestinians inside a West Bank settlement, with the help of Israeli authorities, is exploiting the military permit regime in order stop his workers from unionizing, a High Court petition alleges. by Michael Schaffer Omer-man, 972mag, 15.9.14
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Petition: Israel Police used to help Jewish employers break strikes in West Bank
Posted on September 15, 2014 | No CommentsPetition alleges that Jewish employers are using the police to intimidate Arab workers trying to unionize. By Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 15.9.14
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A new petition filed against attempts by Zarfaty to get rid of the union
Posted on August 27, 2014 | No CommentsOn Monday, August 25, WAC MAAN lawyer Adv. Aya Bartenstein filed an additional petition in the Jerusalem Regional Labour Court against Zarfaty Garage management’s attempt to get the union out of the workplace.
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Slaves in Misur Edumim
Posted on August 14, 2014 | No CommentsPalestinian workers at Zarfati Garage in Mishur Edumim Settlement went on strike following the dismissal of the Union leader Hatem abu-Ziadeh.