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Employers fear “Zarfati precedent”, raise Palestinian workers’ wages
17 May 2018 1:28 PM | אין תגובות -
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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Palestinian Workers
- 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
Palestinian Workers ארכיון
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“Security” as a pretext against unionizing
פורסם ב January 25, 2015 | No CommentsWhen the Zarfati garage became wary of the workers’ committee chairperson, they simply framed him using nationalist claims. They brought in the Civil Administration and the police, then sent him to military court.
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Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim aluminium plant unionize with WAC-MAAN
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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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![WAC-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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/maan_erez-wager_zarfati-picture-22-7-small-115x115.jpg "A big gain for Palestinian workers organizing in the Settlements")
A big gain for Palestinian workers organizing in the Settlements
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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
פורסם ב 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.
![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}
