The East Jerusalem Project
Palestinian Workers
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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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![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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/רבאב-עבד-אלהאדי1-36x36.jpg "Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead")
Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead
15 August 2018 8:36 AM | 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
workers’ struggles ארכיון
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![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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/רלא-תמונת-חתימה-16-11-1-1024x576-115x115.jpg "WAC MAAN signed a Collective Agreement with a leading human rights NGO “Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)”")
WAC MAAN signed a Collective Agreement with a leading human rights NGO “Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)”
פורסם ב November 25, 2017 | No CommentsOn 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 […] -
![April 27th: As the crowd gathered in the hall of Beit Mazia in Jerusalem to celebrate May Day it became clear that dozens of Palestinian workers from the Zarfati Garage […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SHY_5106-115x115.jpg "Solidarity without Borders: WAC MAAN’s Labor Day in Jerusalem")
Solidarity without Borders: WAC MAAN’s Labor Day in Jerusalem
פורסם ב May 9, 2017 | No CommentsApril 27th: As the crowd gathered in the hall of Beit Mazia in Jerusalem to celebrate May Day it became clear that dozens of Palestinian workers from the Zarfati Garage […] -
![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-115x115.jpg "Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’")
Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’
פורסם ב February 17, 2016 | No CommentsBy 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. […] -
![There is no better way to strengthen Jewish-Arab partnership, and Arab workers’ struggle for equality and social justice, than to gather in Baqa Al-Gharbia on Mayday. This is especially so […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/173483163-300x200-1-115x115.jpg "Mayday: Arab and Jewish workers united in Baqa Al-Gharbia")
Mayday: Arab and Jewish workers united in Baqa Al-Gharbia
פורסם ב May 3, 2015 | No CommentsThere is no better way to strengthen Jewish-Arab partnership, and Arab workers’ struggle for equality and social justice, than to gather in Baqa Al-Gharbia on Mayday. This is especially so […] -
![On 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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/חאתם-אבו-זיאדה-115x115.jpg "Escalation in struggle to reinstate head of a Palestinian workers’ committee in settlement garage: WAC-MAAN appeals to National Labor Court")
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 […] -
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 victory in the struggle: Tel Aviv’s Bialik House workers recognized as employees
פורסם ב September 9, 2014 | No CommentsAfter a year’s struggle, workers at Bialik House who organized with WAC-Maan have been recognized by Tel Aviv Municipality as waged employees in every way.
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Union fights Israel ‘security risk’ claims to ban Palestinian union activists from West Bank workplaces
פורסם ב August 13, 2014 | 2 CommentsThe struggle at Zarfaty Garage is precedent setting. It is the first time that Palestinian workers in the West Bank settlements organize themselves to win a union voice and negotiate a collective agreement.
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Zarfaty workers stand firm. Morale boosted by 7000 emails from unionists across globe
פורסם ב August 5, 2014 | No CommentsPalestinian workers in the West Bank settlement Mishor Edomim have voted to continue their struggle to end the harassment of independent workers union workplace reps and to stand firm against union-busting.
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WAC-MAAN: A call to stop intervention of the police in the labour dispute at Zarfati Garage
פורסם ב August 4, 2014 | No CommentsWAC-MAAN National Director Assaf Adiv to Att. Shlomo Yitzhaki, Commissioner of Labour Relations, Israel Ministry of Economy
![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}
