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
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.
![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}
