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Stop the War! Stop the violence and hatred between Jews and Arabs!

פורסם ב May 21, 2021 | No Comments
Statement by MAAN Workers Association We face a cruel reality. Israeli provocations against Palestinians in East Jerusalem have finally let the genie of pent-up resentment out of the bottle, while […]
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A historic collective agreement signed by MAAN in Rajwan Food co. in Atarot industrial zone, Jerusalem

פורסם ב March 16, 2021 | No Comments
On Sunday, March 7, MAAN-Workers Association, signed a collective agreement with the Rajwan Food Production Company (the company’s official name – RS Food Import and Production Ltd.). The trade union […]
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MAAN petitions the Labor Court against a date-packing company that exploits Palestinian workers and refuses to let them organize

פורסם ב January 31, 2021 | No Comments
The labor union MAAN has demanded that Tamar Tov, a date-packing company, stop threatening its Palestinian workers and start negotiations to secure their rights. The workers of the Israeli company […]
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Following MAAN’s petition, Israeli Interior Ministry’s Payments Section has stopped deducting service fees from the wages of Palestinian workers. The fees were paid to the Histadrut since 1970 and to Histadrut Leumit since 2019

פורסם ב December 8, 2020 | No Comments
Summary: In February 2020, MAAN Workers Association, in cooperation with Kav LaOved, filed a petition with the National Labor Court against the Payments Section (henceforth Matash) in the Ministry of […]
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A major gain for WAC-MAAN and for Palestinian workers as Labor Court ordains Maya Food Industries negotiate with the union and pay 160,000 NIS in damages for obstructing its drive to unionize the company

פורסם ב December 1, 2019 | No Comments
In a ruling issued on November 26, 2019, the Regional Jerusalem Labor Court judge, Justice Daniel Goldberg, decreed that WAC-MAAN (henceforth WAC) is the official representative union of the workers […]
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50 Palestinian workers in a food plant in Atarot Industrial Zone go on strike

פורסם ב November 27, 2019 | No Comments
The workers at R. S. Marketing and Food Production (also known as Rejwan) joined the trade union WAC- MAAN last September and they seek to negotiate a collective agreement guaranteeing […]
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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 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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New Research: WAC-MAAN – A decade of organizing Palestinian workers in the West Bank Settlements – A summary

פורסם ב June 15, 2019 | No Comments
The independent trade union center WAC-MAAN releases a comprehensive report summarizing ten years of struggle to organize Palestinian workers in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank The report released […]
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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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