The East Jerusalem Project
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60 Palestinian Women from East Jerusalem Complete A Hebrew Course
09 May 2019 8:51 AM | אין תגובות
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Palestinian Workers
The women’s project
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![In a joint project conducted earlier this year, the Workers Advice Center WAC-MAAN and Sindyanna of Galilee trained a group of women from the village of Baqa al-Gharbiyye to grow […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fa549230-5435-46cb-872e-01d9041a3362-36x36.jpg "From consumers to Producers : Four Women from the hydroponic project speak")
From consumers to Producers : Four Women from the hydroponic project speak
20 November 2019 1:51 PM | 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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![After years of passivity caused by fear of layoffs, workers in Maya Foods Industries – one of the biggest factories in the settlement industrial zone of Mishor Adumim, have taken […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/af2ae4e0-b117-40b2-88e6-0b74d0f40bb5-36x36.jpg "Palestinian workers at Maya Foods join WAC- MAAN to fight for their rights")
Palestinian workers at Maya Foods join WAC- MAAN to fight for their rights
02 September 2019 8:21 AM | אין תגובות
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Migrant workers
migrant workers ארכיון
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We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel
פורסם ב December 20, 2015 | 2 CommentsOn Sunday, December 13, 2015, the Israeli daily Calcalist (Yediot Aharonot's economic supplement) published an article that announced the failure of the deal between Israel and China, which had been slated to allow the importation of 20,000 Chinese workers as bonded labour to work in the Israeli construction industry.
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Exploitation of migrant labor, unemployment in Arab villages… Who cares?
פורסם ב December 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe Nov. 28 session of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers was intended to debate putting an end to the import of migrant labor for construction and agriculture, and encouraging Israeli workers in these sectors. But instead, we were witness once again to a display of impotency in the face of the powerful farmers' lobby. The debate exposed the well-known fact that there is nobody in the political establishment who is able or willing to do what must clearly be done: stopping the import of migrant laborers and opening up jobs to local workers especially Arab women.
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Eli Yishai’s hidden agenda: Sudanese out! Chinese in!
פורסם ב June 17, 2011 | No CommentsBehind the interior minister's demagoguery lies an attempt to help building contractors by replacing Africans with more profitable Chinese labor. Published in Haaretz, on 17 June.
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Drug-induced efficiency?
פורסם ב December 9, 2010 | No CommentsIn debates on the employment of migrant labor (“foreign workers”) and Israelis in agriculture, one claim is heard repeatedly: Israelis are unable to compete with the amazing capabilities of the Thais to work long hours under the hot sun. A document released by the Knesset’s Information and Research Center offers a worrying explanation.
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‘1,000 Israeli women want to work in agriculture’
פורסם ב November 24, 2010 | No CommentsNext week we may go shopping at the supermarket, the town markets or the corner store, and find ourselves standing before empty shelves: farmers' organizations including the Israel Farmers Federation, the Growers' Union and the Poultry Farmers' Association are threatening to strike, cutting off all supplies for three days.
![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 […]](http://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Maya-on-strike-36x36.jpeg "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"){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}
