June 2020 QUARTER
Written by Noa Dagoni & Erez Wagner.
![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."){kind=small}
Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.![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."){kind=small}
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.![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"){kind=small}
Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards![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’"){kind=small}
Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’![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"){kind=small}
Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime![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”"){kind=small}
Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards”![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."){kind=small}
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.![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>"){kind=small}
East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth![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"){kind=small}
Networking on women employment rights in East Jerusalem![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” Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment In East Jerusalem – September 2021 Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem – December 2020![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"){kind=small}
Hotline for women in East Jerusalem Monitor Report On The Implementation Of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem – September 2020
Monitor Report on Government Decision 3790 – June 2020
Monitor Report on the Implementation of Government Decision 3790 For Investment in East Jerusalem![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"){kind=small}
WAC-MAAN: Hotline for East Jerusalem workers and jobless during the Coronavirus shutdown
60 Palestinian Women from East Jerusalem Complete A Hebrew Course![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Palestinian workers in Mishor Adumim unionize with WAC, strike for collective agreement[:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Historic Precedent: Employment Bureau in West Jerusalem to serve Palestinians from EJ Too[:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Hell in East Jerusalem[:]![[: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![:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Open nurseries in East Jerusalem and enable women to work![:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Report – Condemned to Unemployment: East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market[:] [:en]Summary: Condemned to Unemployment – East Jerusalem Women Struggle for Integration into the Labor Market[:]![[: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 [:]"){kind=small}
[: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] 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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Employment Bureau tries in vain to prevent WAC-MAAN from representing clients in appeal committees[:]![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"){kind=small}
The magic circle: How income-security benefits are denied to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem![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>"){kind=small}
A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage. Palestinians are requested to pay now NIS 7000 (US$ 2000) a month for work permits.![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."){kind=small}
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 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"){kind=small}
Palestinian workers at Better & Different food factory in Mishor Adumim unionize with MAAN and demand a collective agreement for better wages and conditions![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"){kind=small}
Via dolorosa for Palestinians at the Barta’a checkpoint – MAAN report 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.![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)"){kind=small}
An end to sexual harassment of Palestinian women workers at the Sha’ar Ephraim checkpoint (near Tulkarm) Stop extorting Palestinian workers on the line for magnetic cards![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"){kind=small}
Palestinian workers’ strike, August 21: a demonstration of power but lacking leadership and direction![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"){kind=small}
Palestinian women entering Israel to work complain of sexual harassment on the waiting line inside the Checkpoint![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"){kind=small}
The sick pay accumulated in the fund belongs to Palestinian workers and must be returned to them Give the Palestinian workers a ‘green card’ Nabil Ghanem – victim of obtuseness and the cruel permits regime
MAAN Workers Association Stands with Palestinian Workers Yes! Increase the number of Palestinian workers, but give them “green cards” 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.![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.”"){kind=small}
MAAN’s field report on the Atarot industrial zone in Jerusalem has now appeared: “Palestinian workers demand their rights and unionize.”![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"){kind=small}
Stop the illegal trade in entry permits: Give “green cards” to Palestinian workers
Stop the Illegal Trade in Palestinian Work Permits![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"){kind=small}
Palestinians on strike at Ta’aman stand in Solidarity with the striking Kellogg’s workers for a fair contract A second collective agreement signed in Zarfaty Garage. East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth East Jerusalem: Bureaucratic hell on their way to give birth Palestinian women entering Israel to work complain of sexual harassment on the waiting line inside the Checkpoint “EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN EAST JERUSALEM: BETWEEN TRACKING INTO POVERTY AND REDUCING GAPS. GOVERNMENT PLAN 3790, FOUR YEARS ON”![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"){kind=small}
Rabab Kabaha, Caregiver – I discovered the humanity in me![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"){kind=small}
A packing house worker and a source of inspiration for women![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”."){kind=small}
“Hydroponic agriculture is a therapeutic activity for me and for the children”.![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."){kind=small}
Aida Revived Traditional Cooking.![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"){kind=small}
64 Palestinian farm workers in the Jordan Valley unionize with MAAN to demand their rights Empowering Arab women during the Coronavirus crisis![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"){kind=small}
Helping Arab women get proper jobs and defending their rights at work Monitor Report on Government Decision 3790 – June 2020![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"){kind=icon}
Instead of importing labor, hire Arab women![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"){kind=small}
From consumers to Producers : Four Women from the hydroponic project speak 60 Palestinian Women from East Jerusalem Complete A Hebrew Course![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"){kind=small}
International Women’s Day 2019: Women Leading the Way to Green Economy![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Caregiver Rabab Kabaha: A whole new life lies ahead[:]![[: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"){kind=small}
Women against deportation: The International Woman Day of Maan![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]The fruit of her hands: Karima’s story from Israel[:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Pilot Program Trains Arab Women to Work in Nursing[:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]35 Arab women undergo training for work in Care in Hillel Yaffe hospital[:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[: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] 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![:]"){kind=small}
[:en]May Day: Music and solidarity work overtime![:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en] Music & workers: Workers and artists organized with WAC-MAAN celebrate May Day[:]![[: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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]Precedent: Collective agreement for Rosh Ha’ayin music teachers[:]![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"){kind=small}
WAC signs an unprecedented collective agreement, regulating music teachers’ work conditions at Rosh Haayin Music Center![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"){kind=small}
TLV Labour Court recognized WAC MAAN as the representative union and ordered Minshar College to pay a NIS 50,000 fine to the union
A victory in the struggle: Tel Aviv’s Bialik House workers recognized as employees
WAC Maan has signed 2 collective agreements with the Musrara School of Art and the School of Visual Theatre WAC Maan signs a collective agreement in Musrara Art College in Jerusalem![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"){kind=small}
A signing of a collective agreement between WAC and Musrara Art School![[: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 [:]"){kind=small}
[:en]An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents [:] [:en]An unprecedented campaign against Construction Branch Fatal accidents [:]![[:en]<p>
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[:en]Construction workers in Israel: A campaign against workplace accidents creates possibilities for change[:]![<p>[:en]
<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[:]"){kind=small}
[:en]We thank more than 6300 unionist who responded to Labourstart campaign and helped stop the deal to import bonded Chinese workers to Israel[:]
WAC MAAN Conference of Arab workers demands: stop deadly accidents in Israeli construction sites
25 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the first 3 months of 2014
The Workers Advice Center demands an urgent debate on safety at work Death of a Builder
Why was Dr. Valery killed at the Haifa container terminal?
Conference on Safety in the Construction industry: “Its My Right to come back home Safely!” 17 workers died in Q1 of 2011
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers![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"){kind=small}
In collaboration with the National Insurance: WAC opens a program to raise awareness regarding safety measures among Arab construction workers![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”"){kind=small}
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