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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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Solar energy as a lever for progress in Arab society

פורסם ב January 15, 2019 | No Comments
Solar energy has the potential to stimulate economic and social progress in Israel's Arab sector. Arab communities suffer from long-term institutional discrimination, underdevelopment and lack of resources. At present, they tend towards religious conservatism and self-segregation. Poverty and violence are prevalent and the rule of the families and clans goes unchallenged. Promoting renewable energy in these communities could enhance economic and social progress, helping to integrate them into the modern world.
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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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Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead

פורסם ב August 15, 2018 | No Comments
Rabab Kabaha graduated from the first caregiver training in the Academic School for Nursing at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Centre in October 1st, 2017. Since November of that year she […]
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Historic Precedent: Employment Bureau in West Jerusalem to serve Palestinians from EJ Too

פורסם ב July 6, 2018 | No Comments
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 […]
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WAC-MAAN Mayday rally: Workers for human rights

פורסם ב May 20, 2018 | No Comments
WAC-MAAN’s Mayday rally took place in the Avraham Hostel in Tel Aviv under the banner, “Workers for Human Rights.” The rally focused on human-rights violations within Israel and worldwide. […]
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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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WAC MAAN signed a Collective Agreement with a leading human rights NGO “Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)”

פורסם ב November 25, 2017 | No Comments
On Nov 16, the Workers Advice Center (WAC-MAAN) signed a collective agreement with the NGO Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), which employs 30 people. The agreement includes a number of […]
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Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority

פורסם ב October 17, 2017 | No Comments

Tax 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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