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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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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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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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Karima Yahya, agricultural worker: “I pity those who do not work”

פורסם ב November 5, 2016 | No Comments
Karima from Kufr Qara in the pepper greenhouse. Photo Noa Kozak Karima Yahya, 53, is a mother of six and a grandmother. She has been involved in the project “Women […]
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Migrant labor is Expensive

פורסם ב July 24, 2016 | No Comments
Published in The Marker, 19 July 2016. Written by Michal Schwartz and Wafa Tiara The precarious employment of migrant laborers causes unemployment among Israelis willing to work in agriculture, particularly Arab […]
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Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers

פורסם ב January 8, 2016 | No Comments
A collective agreement over the employment terms of teachers at the Rosh Ha’ayin music center was signed today, Jan. 4, 2016, after lengthy negotiations. Mayor Shalom Ben Moshe, who is […]
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GLI International Seminar of Union Activists in Britain: “Labour Unions Must Wake Up Before It’s Too Late”

פורסם ב August 2, 2015 | 2 Comments
An international seminar of labour union activists from dozens of countries took place in Britain in early July, at the initiative of GLI –Global Labour Institute. The seminar focused on […]
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