![Thousands of Palestinians, mostly young men and women, went out in late June and early July to demonstrate in West Bank cities against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its president, […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/jpg__700x370_q85_crop-115x115.jpg "The basic right that Palestinian workers do not have")
![Union women of Power to the Workers and MAAN, as well as dozens of women groups joined forces to call for a rolling strike of women against racism and violence. […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/הפגנה-נגד-אלימות-וגזענות-23-5-חיפה-2-1-115x115.jpeg "Arab and Jewish women from unions, feminist and social movements stand Together Against Racism")
![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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/b771c865-f33a-4bf7-a8ae-d9955f02a571-115x115.jpg "Stop the War! Stop the violence and hatred between Jews and Arabs!")
![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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הצבעה-של-העובדים1-115x115.jpg "A historic collective agreement signed by MAAN in Rajwan Food co. in Atarot industrial zone, Jerusalem")
![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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/tamar-tov-115x115.jpg "MAAN petitions the Labor Court against a date-packing company that exploits Palestinian workers and refuses to let them organize")
![Workers at the “Yamit Sinon” factory, most of them from the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank, declared in a labor rally held on Friday January 1, 2021, that […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eedc0438-1ee2-41fc-8c18-04dc81a37526-115x115.jpg "Workers of the “Yamit” factory near Tulkarm announced an open strike after it became clear that the company rejects their demands and wants them to be workers without rights.")
![MAAN Workers Association continues to raise the flag of international solidarity to all workers especially Palestinian workers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. MAAN is active 24/7 in the […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FNV-115x115.jpg "Organizing Palestinian workers: Raising the flag of solidarity.")
![On Sunday, December 13, the MAAN Workers Association notified the Tamar Tov (good date) Packing House in the Jordan Valley (lacated near the Masu’a settlement in the West Bank) that […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ed94c860-775d-470b-bbde-59bf283fc30b-115x115.jpg "64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights")
![75 Palestinian employees of Yamit Filtration went on strike in November, after the company refused to negotiate on a collective agreement. Many of the strikers have been employed in the […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/9f249b0c-bc0c-4b2a-8ed9-2f11c29daf51-115x115.jpg "On strike: Palestinian workers of Yamit Filtration in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone (near Tulkarm)")
![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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Palestinian-Workers-115x115.jpg "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")
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![Contractors and permit traders illegally demand that Palestinian workers pay NIS 7,000 per month in an attempt to bypass a new directive to pay wages straight into workers’ bank accounts. […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tashlumhebsite-36x36.jpg "Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.")
Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.
15 January 2023 10:31 AM | אין תגובות -
![Criticism is being directed these days at Qatar, which is hosting the World Cup games. Most of it concerns Qatar’s treatment of the migrant workers who built the state-of-the-art stadiums. […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/abolishkafala-36x36.jpg "The Kafala system that chains migrant workers in Qatar exists in Israel too: 200,000 Palestinians are subject to a regime of bonded labour, paying huge sums for work permits.")
The Kafala system that chains migrant workers in Qatar exists in Israel too: 200,000 Palestinians are subject to a regime of bonded labour, paying huge sums for work permits.
24 November 2022 7:56 AM | אין תגובות -
![MAAN calls on the Israeli authorities to act immediately to solve the crisis of issuing magnetic cards (MCs) to Palestinian workers. In recent months there were long lines at the […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-25-at-16.04.41-36x36.jpeg "Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards")
Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards
02 November 2022 11:08 AM | אין תגובות -
![More extreme exploitation of Palestinian workers following dramatic increase in trade in work permits Position paper submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Employment Arrangements for Palestinians in the Construction Sector, […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/positionpapersite-36x36.png "Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’")
Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’
24 July 2022 9:27 AM | אין תגובות -
![Nabil Ghanem, an unarmed 53-year-old Palestinian, was shot dead on 19th June by soldiers near the separation fence in the Qalqiliya region as he went to work. Ghanem has been […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/nabileng-36x36.png "Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime")
Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime
28 June 2022 11:37 AM | אין תגובות -
![The article was published in Hebrew by the daily Calcalist on June 5th In response to recent deadly attacks by Palestinians in various Israeli cities, Israel’s security establishment undertook policy […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mabar-36x36.jpeg "Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”")
Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”
12 June 2022 11:41 AM | אין תגובות -
![Following several attacks by West Bank residents in Israeli cities recently, Israeli media “discovered” that tens of thousands of Palestinians seeking work enter Israel daily through breaches in the fence […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kalandia-36x36.jpeg "Palestinian workers do not need holes in the wall. Let them work in Israel with a Green Card and thus end the corrupt trade in permits.")
Palestinian workers do not need holes in the wall. Let them work in Israel with a Green Card and thus end the corrupt trade in permits.
13 April 2022 1:51 PM | אין תגובות
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The East Jerusalem Project
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![When you ask Google how to prepare for your first birth, the answers are varied, but none of them include the excruciating bureaucracy that Ahlam (pseudonym), an East Jerusalem resident, […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tamarahebsite-36x36.png "<strong>East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth</strong>")
East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
16 April 2023 12:15 PM | אין תגובות
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The East Jerusalem Project – articles
- East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
16 April 2023 12:15 PM | אין תגובות -
![Spotlight on Cooperation In order to advance Palestinian women in the job market, MAAN conducts rights literacy trainings in cooperation with local community initiatives. Two of these groups are Kulna […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-06-at-16.07.34-36x36.jpeg "Networking on women employment rights in East Jerusalem")
Networking on women employment rights in East Jerusalem
02 January 2023 1:50 PM | אין תגובות -
![On the fourth anniversary of Government Decision 3790 for Investment in East Jerusalem, we present a field report by MAAN – Workers Association (PDF): Since the occupation of East Jerusalem […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "“EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN EAST JERUSALEM: BETWEEN TRACKING INTO POVERTY AND REDUCING GAPS. GOVERNMENT PLAN 3790, FOUR YEARS ON”")
“EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN EAST JERUSALEM: BETWEEN TRACKING INTO POVERTY AND REDUCING GAPS. GOVERNMENT PLAN 3790, FOUR YEARS ON”
23 August 2022 8:09 PM | אין תגובות - Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment In East Jerusalem – September 2021
16 October 2021 12:49 PM | אין תגובות - Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem – December 2020
16 January 2021 1:56 PM | אין תגובות -
![During the pandemic WAC-MAAN has taken many steps to support Palestinian women in Jerusalem to overcome the impact of the crisis. Some of these are detailed here. Workers’ Covid-19 Hotline […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20191204-WA0001-36x36.jpg "Hotline for women in East Jerusalem")
Hotline for women in East Jerusalem
15 October 2020 7:47 AM | אין תגובות - Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem – September 2020
16 August 2020 1:59 PM | אין תגובות -
Monitor Report on Government Decision 3790 – June 2020
04 August 2020 8:45 AM | אין תגובות -
Monitor Report on the Implementation of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem
13 July 2020 1:59 PM | אין תגובות -
![In light of the Coronavirus crisis and its harm to East Jerusalem residents, WAC MAAN launched an Arabic-language emergency hotline, providing assistance and counseling to Corona victims regarding their employment […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/190123-תמונות-ווטסאפ-לשכת-התעסוקה-4-36x36.jpg "WAC-MAAN: Hotline for East Jerusalem workers and jobless during the Coronavirus shutdown")
WAC-MAAN: Hotline for East Jerusalem workers and jobless during the Coronavirus shutdown
24 May 2020 12:32 PM | אין תגובות -
60 Palestinian Women from East Jerusalem Complete A Hebrew Course
09 May 2019 8:51 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]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.[:]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מפעל-נ-א-תעשיות-מתכת-קטן-36x36.jpg "[:en]Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim unionize with WAC, strike for collective agreement[:]")
[:en]Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim unionize with WAC, strike for collective agreement[:]
20 December 2018 9:18 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180530-תמונות-ווטסאפ-לשכת-התעסוקה-3-36x36.jpg "[:en]Historic Precedent: Employment Bureau in West Jerusalem to serve Palestinians from EJ Too[:]")
[:en]Historic Precedent: Employment Bureau in West Jerusalem to serve Palestinians from EJ Too[:]
06 July 2018 3:20 PM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]High Court: Long lines at Employment Bureau, Population and Immigration Authority in East Jerusalem are “hell”; State must find operational solution On 15 March, the High Court heard a case […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SCJ-36x36.jpg "[:en]Hell in East Jerusalem[:]")
[:en]Hell in East Jerusalem[:]
22 March 2018 3:58 PM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] The Clinical Legal Education Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, WAC-MAAN and The WAC-MAAN nursery staff group sent letters to the Labor and Welfare Minister Haim Katz, and Jerusalem […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170619-ועדה-לקידום-מעמד-האישה-הכנסת-1-Copy-36x36.jpg "[:en]Open nurseries in East Jerusalem and enable women to work![:]")
[:en]Open nurseries in East Jerusalem and enable women to work![:]
07 August 2017 10:28 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] Introduction: Little has been written about the workforce participation of the Palestinian women in East Jerusalem (EJ). The present report has had its origin in a long-term struggle by […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170521-תמונות-ווטסאפ-לשכת-התעסוקה-15-36x36.jpg "[:en]Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market[:]")
[:en]Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market[:]
11 July 2017 6:26 PM | אין תגובות - [:en]Summary: Condemned to Unemployment – East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market[:]
11 July 2017 9:45 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]This report was written by Roni Ben Efrat, and Michal Schwartz From WAC-MAAN’s Development and Gender departments As part of its human rights agenda, WAC-MAAN works among women who have […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/דילול-אפרסקים-מראח-22.1-36x36.jpg "[:en]Palestinian women in Israel and in East Jerusalem: Gender analysis of WAC-MAAN’s target group vis-à-vis the question of employment [:]")
[:en]Palestinian women in Israel and in East Jerusalem: Gender analysis of WAC-MAAN’s target group vis-à-vis the question of employment [:]
08 March 2017 4:29 PM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] Towards the end of 2015, WAC-MAAN came across a new problem in representing job-seekers vis-a-vis the Employment Bureau in East Jerusalem: job-seekers who were referred to a job by […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG-20160413-WA0018-36x36.jpg "[:en]Employment Bureau tries in vain to prevent WAC-MAAN from representing clients in appeal committees[:]")
[:en]Employment Bureau tries in vain to prevent WAC-MAAN from representing clients in appeal committees[:]
26 October 2016 2:55 PM | אין תגובות -
![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; […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/150308-ביקור-בביטוח-הלאומי-7-36x36.jpg "The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem")
The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem
23 November 2015 12:25 PM | 2 תגובות
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Palestinian Workers – Articles
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![Palestinian employees get better wages and working conditions On March 15th, MAAN – Workers Association signed a second collective agreement for four years ahead with the Zarfaty Garage in settler […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/zarfatisite-36x36.png "<strong>A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.</strong>")
A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.
16 April 2023 12:20 PM | אין תגובות - Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.
15 January 2023 10:31 AM | אין תגובות -
![According to the announcement of Attorney Inbal Meshash, director of the Payments Division (PD), all pension savings of Palestinian workers employed in Israel will be transferred from the responsibility of […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pensiasite-36x36.png "A joint statement from Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline and MAAN-Workers Association concerning the transfer of Palestinian workers’ pension funds to the Amitim Company.")
A joint statement from Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline and MAAN-Workers Association concerning the transfer of Palestinian workers’ pension funds to the Amitim Company.
02 January 2023 1:42 PM | אין תגובות -
![A large group of workers from the Better & Different food factory in Mishor Adumim has joined MAAN-Workers Association. The workers, who live in Palestinian Authority areas of the West […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/betteranddifferentsite-36x36.png "Palestinian workers at Better & Different food factory in Mishor Adumim unionize with MAAN and demand a collective agreement for better wages and conditions")
Palestinian workers at Better & Different food factory in Mishor Adumim unionize with MAAN and demand a collective agreement for better wages and conditions
02 January 2023 1:38 PM | אין תגובות -
![MAAN – Workers’ Association closely follows the issue of Palestinians working in Israel and the difficulties they face. This is an important issue for us as a trade union active […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-28-at-05.13.55-36x36.jpeg "Via dolorosa for Palestinians at the Barta’a checkpoint – MAAN report")
Via dolorosa for Palestinians at the Barta’a checkpoint – MAAN report
01 December 2022 1:50 PM | אין תגובות - The Kafala system that chains migrant workers in Qatar exists in Israel too: 200,000 Palestinians are subject to a regime of bonded labour, paying huge sums for work permits.
24 November 2022 7:56 AM | אין תגובות -
![Following intervention by MAAN, women at the checkpoint report a sense of security In conversations with MAAN’s women’s field coordinator, Wafa Tiara, numerous Palestinian women workers expressed satisfaction with the […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/womenmaabarefraimsite-36x36.png "An end to sexual harassment of Palestinian women workers at the Sha’ar Ephraim checkpoint (near Tulkarm)")
An end to sexual harassment of Palestinian women workers at the Sha’ar Ephraim checkpoint (near Tulkarm)
20 November 2022 3:51 PM | אין תגובות - Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards
02 November 2022 11:08 AM | אין תגובות -
![Thousands of Palestinians went on strike on August 21, 2022. The workers answered the call of activists who were not part of any formal organization, and downed tools for a […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bankdemonstrationengsite-1-36x36.png "Palestinian workers’ strike, August 21: a demonstration of power but lacking leadership and direction")
Palestinian workers’ strike, August 21: a demonstration of power but lacking leadership and direction
25 September 2022 9:09 PM | אין תגובות -
![Palestinian women who arrive at the Sha’ar Ephraim checkpoint, south of Tulkarm on the way to work inside Israel, report frequent sexual harassment within the area of the checkpoint designated […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sexualharrasmentengsite-36x36.png "Palestinian women entering Israel to work complain of sexual harassment on the waiting line inside the Checkpoint")
Palestinian women entering Israel to work complain of sexual harassment on the waiting line inside the Checkpoint
11 September 2022 7:38 PM | אין תגובות -
![MAAN Workers Association presented this position paper to an Inter Governmental Committee headed by the Israeli Ministry of Justice. The Paper was presented in response to a call regarding sick […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sickleavengsite-36x36.png "The sick pay accumulated in the fund belongs to Palestinian workers and must be returned to them")
The sick pay accumulated in the fund belongs to Palestinian workers and must be returned to them
31 August 2022 11:06 AM | אין תגובות - Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’
24 July 2022 9:27 AM | אין תגובות - Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime
28 June 2022 11:37 AM | אין תגובות -
MAAN Workers Association Stands with Palestinian Workers
25 June 2022 7:40 PM | אין תגובות - Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”
12 June 2022 11:41 AM | אין תגובות - Palestinian workers do not need holes in the wall. Let them work in Israel with a Green Card and thus end the corrupt trade in permits.
13 April 2022 1:51 PM | אין תגובות -
![The report’s aim is to update information on the challenges faced by residents of the Palestinian Authority who work in territory annexed by Israel, where Israeli labor law applies, and […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Report_6_Page_01-36x36.jpg "MAAN’s field report on the Atarot industrial zone in Jerusalem has now appeared: “Palestinian workers demand their rights and unionize.”")
MAAN’s field report on the Atarot industrial zone in Jerusalem has now appeared: “Palestinian workers demand their rights and unionize.”
01 April 2022 9:10 AM | אין תגובות -
![Position Paper by:MAAN Workers Association & LEAP: Legal Aid for Palestinians / January 2022 This position paper calls for a radical change in the “permit regime” for Palestinian workers in […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maabar-36x36.jpeg "Stop the illegal trade in entry permits: Give “green cards” to Palestinian workers")
Stop the illegal trade in entry permits: Give “green cards” to Palestinian workers
31 January 2022 1:08 PM | אין תגובות -
Stop the Illegal Trade in Palestinian Work Permits
27 January 2022 1:43 PM | אין תגובות -
![On Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the gate of the factory in Mishor Adumim, the Ta’aman workers told the world that their struggle stands together with the struggle of Kellogg’s workers […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FGthStoWQAA6NpC-36x36.jpeg "Palestinians on strike at Ta’aman stand in Solidarity with the striking Kellogg’s workers for a fair contract")
Palestinians on strike at Ta’aman stand in Solidarity with the striking Kellogg’s workers for a fair contract
16 December 2021 2:24 PM | אין תגובות
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Palestinian Workers
- A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage.
16 April 2023 12:20 PM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project
- East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
16 April 2023 12:15 PM | אין תגובות
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The women’s project – Articles
- East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth
16 April 2023 12:15 PM | אין תגובות - Palestinian women entering Israel to work complain of sexual harassment on the waiting line inside the Checkpoint
11 September 2022 7:38 PM | אין תגובות - “EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN EAST JERUSALEM: BETWEEN TRACKING INTO POVERTY AND REDUCING GAPS. GOVERNMENT PLAN 3790, FOUR YEARS ON”
23 August 2022 8:09 PM | אין תגובות -
![Rabab Kabaha, from the village of Barta’a is 39 years old, married and the mother of 4 daughters. She is a professional caregiver. Rabab worked for five years as the […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/rababengsite-1-36x36.png "Rabab Kabaha, Caregiver – I discovered the humanity in me")
Rabab Kabaha, Caregiver – I discovered the humanity in me
09 August 2022 10:55 AM | אין תגובות -
![Wafa Tiara conducted the interview Following her marriage, Wafa Bwirat, 34, from the village Fureidis moved to the small village of Bwirat, nearby. She graduated high school with honors, and […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bwiratsite-36x36.png "A packing house worker and a source of inspiration for women")
A packing house worker and a source of inspiration for women
01 August 2022 10:16 AM | אין תגובות -
![Ms. Nijme Kabaha is a special education teacher, and a mother of four. She has a bachelor’s degree in plastic arts including drawing and sculpture, and special education. She taught […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210310-תמונות-מערכת-נגמה-7-36x36.jpg "“Hydroponic agriculture is a therapeutic activity for me and for the children”.")
“Hydroponic agriculture is a therapeutic activity for me and for the children”.
30 June 2021 2:20 PM | אין תגובות -
![About five years ago, Aida Abu Khalaf, 43, a divorced mother of five, joined MAAN- Workers Association. She had heard that MAAN helps Arab women find legally paid and protected […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Day-of-openning-with-MAAN-friends-Wafa-Right-36x36.jpeg "Aida Revived Traditional Cooking.")
Aida Revived Traditional Cooking.
23 May 2021 1:02 PM | אין תגובות -
![On Sunday, December 13, the MAAN Workers Association notified the Tamar Tov (good date) Packing House in the Jordan Valley (lacated near the Masu’a settlement in the West Bank) that […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ed94c860-775d-470b-bbde-59bf283fc30b-36x36.jpg "64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights")
64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights
18 December 2020 7:57 PM | אין תגובות - Empowering Arab women during the Coronavirus crisis
15 October 2020 7:54 AM | אין תגובות -
![The Coronavirus crisis has created a difficult challenge for the WAC-MAAN women’s sector, which organizes Arab women in Israel – especially women with low education levels – helping them to […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_20200217_110219-36x36.jpg "Helping Arab women get proper jobs and defending their rights at work")
Helping Arab women get proper jobs and defending their rights at work
15 October 2020 7:28 AM | אין תגובות - Monitor Report on Government Decision 3790 – June 2020
04 August 2020 8:45 AM | אין תגובות -
![Despite high unemployment in Israel in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, the National Economic Council rushed to promote a proposal to enable 4,000 migrant laborers to enter the country […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/caretakers-36x36.jpg "Instead of importing labor, hire Arab women")
Instead of importing labor, hire Arab women
21 July 2020 10:44 AM | אין תגובות -
![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 […]](https://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 - 60 Palestinian Women from East Jerusalem Complete A Hebrew Course
09 May 2019 8:51 AM | אין תגובות -
![International Women’s Day 2019. WAC-MAAN and Sindyanna of Galilee have decided to dedicate International Women’s Day of 2019 to green economy and sustainability. The event, which took place on March […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/audience-36x36.jpg "International Women’s Day 2019: Women Leading the Way to Green Economy")
International Women’s Day 2019: Women Leading the Way to Green Economy
12 March 2019 4:39 PM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] 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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/רבאב-עבד-אלהאדי1-36x36.jpg "[:en]Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead[:]")
[:en]Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead[:]
15 August 2018 8:36 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]On the International Woman Day, March 8th, Arab and Jewish women, refugees and asylum seekers, gathered in Jaffa to express their firm objection to the planed deportation of African refugees […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אישה-שחורה-פליטה-36x36.jpg "Women against deportation: The International Woman Day of Maan")
Women against deportation: The International Woman Day of Maan
10 March 2018 1:43 PM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]Olwen Maynard has been at CAFOD for over thirty years. While reviewing project files to see what’s worked and what didn’t, she’s often amazed to see the difference that’s been […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Karima-blog-photo-768x432-36x36.jpg "[:en]The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel[:]")
[:en]The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel[:]
25 October 2017 9:26 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]On Sunday, October 1, the graduation ceremony of the first course for the training of Arab nursing workers in nursing homes for the elders will take place at Hillel Yaffe […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/18.9-דורות-36x36.jpg "[:en]Pilot Program Trains Arab Women to Work in Nursing[:]")
[:en]Pilot Program Trains Arab Women to Work in Nursing[:]
01 October 2017 8:37 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] Thirty-five Arab women from Israel’s Wadi Ara region have begun a training course in caring for the elderly and mentally frail. The course, which began on July 9, was […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/קורס-סיעוד1-7.9-36x36.jpg "[:en]35 Arab women undergo training for work in Care in Hillel Yaffe hospital[:]")
[:en]35 Arab women undergo training for work in Care in Hillel Yaffe hospital[:]
23 July 2017 2:36 PM | אין תגובות
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College Teachers
College Teachers – Articles
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![[:en]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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/יד-ביד-ירושלים-24.5-36x36.jpg "[:en]In the bilingual day-care centers and schools of “Hand in Hand” (Yad b’Yad) teachers and workers have organized in WAC-MAAN[:]")
[:en]In the bilingual day-care centers and schools of “Hand in Hand” (Yad b’Yad) teachers and workers have organized in WAC-MAAN[:]
01 August 2017 1:23 PM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] Music played the key role in the May 1 celebration held by the Independent Trade Union Centre WAC-MAAN, which brought Palestinian workers from Mishor Adumim together with music and […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13139260_238393879858052_8723718922768646784_n-36x36.jpg "[:en]May Day: Music and solidarity work overtime![:]")
[:en]May Day: Music and solidarity work overtime![:]
05 May 2016 9:50 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en] Join us to mark the groundbreaking collective agreement for music teachers at Rosh Ha’ayin Music Center We are all equal, we are all with WAC-Maan Saturday April 30, at […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1MAY-english-36x36.jpg "[:en] Music & workers: Workers and artists organized with WAC-MAAN celebrate May Day[:]")
[:en] Music & workers: Workers and artists organized with WAC-MAAN celebrate May Day[:]
21 April 2016 9:55 AM | אין תגובות -
![[:en]A collective agreement over the employment terms of teachers at the Rosh Ha’ayin music center was signed today, Jan. 4, 2016, after lengthy negotiations. Mayor Shalom Ben Moshe, who is […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20130519_220747-copy-36x36.jpg "[:en]Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers[:]")
[:en]Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers[:]
08 January 2016 7:26 PM | אין תגובות -
![Rosh Haayin music teachers and WAC acting as their Representative Union Organization, have signed yesterday, July 21st, on a collective agreement that regulates both their wages as well as their […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/אורית-נעם-ואסף-36x36.jpg "WAC signs an unprecedented collective agreement, regulating music teachers’ work conditions at Rosh Haayin Music Center")
WAC signs an unprecedented collective agreement, regulating music teachers’ work conditions at Rosh Haayin Music Center
22 June 2015 2:59 PM | אין תגובות -
![The Tel Aviv Labor Court has ruled that the Art College Minshar and its director, Oded Yedaya, must pay WAC-MAAN NIS 50,000 as compensation for harming the workers’ attempt to […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/מנשר-36x36.jpg "TLV Labour Court recognized WAC MAAN as the representative union and ordered Minshar College to pay a NIS 50,000 fine to the union")
TLV Labour Court recognized WAC MAAN as the representative union and ordered Minshar College to pay a NIS 50,000 fine to the union
04 February 2015 11:09 AM | אין תגובות -
A victory in the struggle: Tel Aviv’s Bialik House workers recognized as employees
09 September 2014 10:36 AM | אין תגובות -
WAC Maan has signed 2 collective agreements with the Musrara School of Art and the School of Visual Theatre
20 February 2013 2:28 PM | אין תגובות - WAC Maan signs a collective agreement in Musrara Art College in Jerusalem
28 October 2010 2:58 PM | אין תגובות -
![A collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School was signed in initials on August 25 A collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School was signed in initials on […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/musrara1-36x36.jpg "A signing of a collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School")
A signing of a collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School
05 October 2010 4:07 PM | אין תגובות
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Safety
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![[:en] 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 […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/סדנא-ראשונה-1-36x36.jpg "[:en]An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents [:]")
[:en]An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents [:]
24 June 2017 3:23 PM | אין תגובות
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Safety – more articles
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24 June 2017 3:23 PM | אין תגובות -
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[:]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/liqa-baqa-2-1-15-36x36.jpg "[:en]Construction workers in Israel: A campaign against workplace accidents creates possibilities for change[:]")
[:en]Construction workers in Israel: A campaign against workplace accidents creates possibilities for change[:]
05 March 2016 8:07 PM | אין תגובות -
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<p>On 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.</p>
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<p>[:]</p>](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/סינים-36x36.jpg "[:en]We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel[:]")
[:en]We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel[:]
20 December 2015 5:21 PM | 2 תגובות -
WAC MAAN Conference of Arab workers demands: stop deadly accidents in Israeli construction sites
10 October 2014 12:38 PM | אין תגובות -
25 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the first 3 months of 2014
04 May 2014 12:10 PM | אין תגובות -
The Workers Advice Center demands an urgent debate on safety at work
17 May 2012 2:42 PM | אין תגובות - Death of a Builder
17 December 2011 12:27 PM | אין תגובות -
Why was Dr. Valery killed at the Haifa container terminal?
24 October 2011 12:49 PM | אין תגובות -
Conference on Safety in the Construction industry: “Its My Right to come back home Safely!”
01 August 2011 3:44 PM | אין תגובות - 17 workers died in Q1 of 2011
29 April 2011 10:30 AM | אין תגובות -
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers
05 October 2010 4:05 PM | אין תגובות -
![A team of WAC’s safety department met the safety supervisor Hasan Shuli in Kabul on august 31. The meeting took place in order to advance the program to raise awareness […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sefety_kabul-36x36.jpg "In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers")
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers
05 October 2010 11:44 AM | אין תגובות
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![Workers of the Ta’aman food company at Mishor Adumim in the occupied West Bank have been on strike since Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. On Dec 6, they also held a […]](https://eng.wac-maan.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-06-at-14.22.43-36x36.jpeg "Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”")
Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”
08 December 2021 10:55 AM | אין תגובות
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[:en]Migrants workers – more articles[:de]Featured Stories[:]
- [:en]We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel[:]
20 December 2015 5:21 PM | 2 תגובות - The link between interest rates and importing migrant workers
17 March 2014 5:53 PM | אין תגובות - Exploitation of migrant labor, unemployment in Arab villages… Who cares?
17 December 2011 12:42 PM | אין תגובות - Eli Yishai’s hidden agenda: Sudanese out! Chinese in!
17 June 2011 9:21 AM | אין תגובות - Drug-induced efficiency?
09 December 2010 2:28 PM | אין תגובות - The government’s emergency programme: handouts for real-estate companies rather than job creation
25 November 2008 2:25 PM | אין תגובות - WAC’s Petition to the High Court
01 October 2002 3:02 PM | אין תגובות - The Arab Worker in the Era of Globalization
31 July 2001 3:05 PM | אין תגובות
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[:en]Migrant workers[:de]Featured Stories[:]