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A Palestinian worker who collapsed during work was thrown down by the roadside by a formean in Maya Foods plant in Mishor Edumimim

פורסם ב November 16, 2019 | No Comments
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 […]
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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

פורסם ב September 12, 2019 | No Comments
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. […]
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Palestinian workers in a West Bank settlement strike for their right to choose WAC-MAAN as their union

פורסם ב September 11, 2019 | No Comments
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 […]
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WAC-MAAN signs Collective Agreement at N.A. Metal in Mishor Adumim, Area C

פורסם ב July 30, 2019 | No Comments
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 […]
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WAC-MAAN combats settlement employers to improve conditions for Palestinian workers

פורסם ב January 23, 2019 | No Comments
On Dec. 18, 2018,Palestinian workers at NA Metal Industries, in the settlement of Mishor Adumim, declared a warning strike after the employer had refused to meet their basic demands.
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Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim unionize with WAC, strike for collective agreement

פורסם ב December 20, 2018 | No Comments
Last summer, the workers unionized with WAC MAAN, which tried to bargain in their name towards a collective agreement. After the management refused to enter negotiations, a labor dispute was declared in August. In an apparent attempt to avoid a strike, owner and manager Mr. Ariel Nahum agreed to negotiate: the first meeting was held in September and a second in November.
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Israeli labor leader allies with extreme Right

פורסם ב September 25, 2018 | No Comments
Mr. Avi Nissenkorn, who chairs the biggest Israeli Trade Union federation, the Histadrut, recently announced support for Ze'ev Elkin in the race for mayor of Jerusalem. Mr. Elkin serves currently as the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs in Netanyahu's government and is considered to be a spokesperson for the extreme right wing. Nissenkorn's reason for supporting the settler leader is unclear on the face of things.
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Employers fear “Zarfati precedent”, raise Palestinian workers’ wages

פורסם ב May 17, 2018 | No Comments
Following 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.
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The Histadrut’s new unionization drive in the service of Netanyahu

פורסם ב March 25, 2018 | No Comments
Dani Vazana, Unionized: The Renewal of Organized Labor in Israel, Sh’hakim Publishing, 2017, 488 pp. Dani Vazana’s “Unionized” deals with thousands of workers who have recently started to unionize in the […]
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Israeli unions silent over deportation of asylum seekers

פורסם ב February 20, 2018 | No Comments
The Israeli government’s decision to deport 37,000 asylum seekers who fled here from Eritrea and Sudan will be implemented starting April 2018. Israel refuses to review their requests for asylum […]
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