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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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Palestinian Workers Exploited by Israeli Tax Authority

פורסם ב October 17, 2017 | No Comments

Tax regulations for Palestinian workers in the Israeli Settlements is based on Jordanian law and as a result workers are paying higher taxes than the colleagues in Israel or in PA area. When it comes to settlements, Israel is ignoring international law - but where workers' rights are concerned, international law requires compliance.

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Palestinians at Mishor Adumim carpentry unionize with WAC after years of precarious employment

פורסם ב May 23, 2017 | No Comments
Workers at the “Hayei Adam” carpentry in Mishor Adumim have decided to end years of exploitative and precarious employment. Most of them have worked at a wage of NIS 140 […]
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Solidarity without Borders: WAC MAAN’s Labor Day in Jerusalem

פורסם ב May 9, 2017 | No Comments
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 […]
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WAC-MAAN signs a groundbreaking collective agreement for Palestinians at Mishor Adumim’s Zarfati garage

פורסם ב February 19, 2017 | No Comments

For years, Palestinians toiling in the industrial zones of West Bank settlements have been subject to exploitation and denial of their rights. A collective agreement signed on February 14, 2017 proves that another way is possible. In this precedential step, the Zarfati Garage signed a collective agreement with WAC-MAAN which covers all 75 workers at the plant and compensates the Palestinians among them for the previous period, when their rights had been denied.

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Zarfati Garage must reinstate WAC MAAN’s Committee Chairperson Hatem Abu Ziadeh. “Dismissal based on false accusations,” Court says

פורסם ב February 24, 2016 | No Comments
In a decision which will have far-reaching consequences for Palestinian workers, Jerusalem Labour Court President Justice Eyal Avrahami ruled that the dismissal of the Zarfati Garage Workers’ Committee Chairperson was […]
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The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem

פורסם ב November 23, 2015 | 2 Comments
Separate bureaus and procedures; refusal by clerks to receive documents and allow submission of claims; refusal by the Employment Bureau to receive and handle job seekers; referrals to fictitious jobs; […]
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In Palestinian East Jerusalem the National Insurance Institute obstructs claims for income-security benefits, while the Employment Bureau turns a cold shoulder to jobseekers

פורסם ב November 22, 2015 | No Comments

A new report by the WAC-MAAN Trade Union reveals that the East Jerusalem branches of the National Insurance Institute (NII = Bituach Leumi) and the Employment Bureau (EB) behave contrary to protocol in all that pertains to receiving claims, documents, and job requests. The two have erected an apparatus for denying benefits to the Palestinian claimants of East Jerusalem, the most poverty stricken sector in Israel.

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In West Bank industrial zone, everything is Israeli – except the harsh labor laws

פורסם ב June 5, 2015 | No Comments

Published on Haaretz.com on June 5 2015 by Tali Heruti Sover. Set up at the start of the Oslo process, Nitzanei Shalom employs hundreds of Palestinians and is run according to Israeli standards, with one glaring exception

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Israeli police bring union leader in for questioning over LabourStart global campaign

פורסם ב May 8, 2015 | No Comments

Police have taken an interest in the workings of the independent Israeli union WAC-MAAN after a global protest campaign was launched by LabourStart.

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