workers’ rights ארכיון

  • <p>By Jodi Rudoren - The New York Times<br /> Israeli industries operating in settlements that most of the world considers illegal and a prime obstacle to peace have become a focus of global attention amid growing momentum for a boycott movement.</p>

    In West Bank Settlements, Israeli Jobs Are Double-Edged Sword

    פורסם ב February 10, 2014 | No Comments

    By Jodi Rudoren - The New York Times
    Israeli industries operating in settlements that most of the world considers illegal and a prime obstacle to peace have become a focus of global attention amid growing momentum for a boycott movement.

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  • <p>On March 13, 2013 the independent trade union, WAC-Maan, declared an industrial dispute at "Jana Beverages Industries LTD" which produces light beverages. The factory is located in upper Nazareth's industrial zone.</p>

    WAC Maan declares an industrial dispute in a food factory in Upper Nazareth

    פורסם ב March 24, 2013 | No Comments

    On March 13, 2013 the independent trade union, WAC-Maan, declared an industrial dispute at "Jana Beverages Industries LTD" which produces light beverages. The factory is located in upper Nazareth's industrial zone.

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  • Israeli employers, Palestinian workers and an Arab-Jewish union: Workers at Salit Quarries demand basic, fair employment terms, but the quarry management says their claims are childish. The first organized labor dispute in the West Bank is coming to a head – is this ideological adventurism or a revolutionary precedent?

    Palestinian workers at Salit Quarries make history

    פורסם ב June 30, 2011 | No Comments
    Israeli employers, Palestinian workers and an Arab-Jewish union: Workers at Salit Quarries demand basic, fair employment terms, but the quarry management says their claims are childish. The first organized labor dispute in the West Bank is coming to a head – is this ideological adventurism or a revolutionary precedent?

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  • WAC does not have a strike fund. We do not know how long the strike will last but we would like to have some emergency funds to give the workers in case the strike continues for over a week. If money will arrive after the strike ends it will be put in a special strike fund for future struggles.

    The Palestinian workers in Salit Quarry need your support!

    פורסם ב June 20, 2011 | No Comments
    WAC does not have a strike fund. We do not know how long the strike will last but we would like to have some emergency funds to give the workers in case the strike continues for over a week. If money will arrive after the strike ends it will be put in a special strike fund for future struggles.

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  • On June 16, 35 Palestinian workers at Salit Quarries in Mishor Adumim (a settlement area east of Jerusalem) began a general strike. The workers, organized with the independent Union WAC-Ma'an, are demanding an end to exploitation and humiliation, and insist on signing a first collective agreement. The strike began after the workers and the union approved a draft agreement, while the management tried to take advantage of the opposition of a small number of more privileged workers in order to break the union and avoid the agreement. WAC and the workers demand that the agreement be signed immediately. If the agreement is not signed, the strike will continue.

    Workers organized in WAC- Maan insist: “No work without an agreement”

    פורסם ב June 19, 2011 | No Comments
    On June 16, 35 Palestinian workers at Salit Quarries in Mishor Adumim (a settlement area east of Jerusalem) began a general strike. The workers, organized with the independent Union WAC-Ma'an, are demanding an end to exploitation and humiliation, and insist on signing a first collective agreement. The strike began after the workers and the union approved a draft agreement, while the management tried to take advantage of the opposition of a small number of more privileged workers in order to break the union and avoid the agreement. WAC and the workers demand that the agreement be signed immediately. If the agreement is not signed, the strike will continue.

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  • <p>Through WAC-Ma'an we learned that the Salit Quarries workers in Mishor Adumim began a general strike on June 16 because the management did not live up to its promise to sign the collective agreement at the last moment.</p>

    Protest letter

    פורסם ב June 17, 2011 | No Comments

    Through WAC-Ma'an we learned that the Salit Quarries workers in Mishor Adumim began a general strike on June 16 because the management did not live up to its promise to sign the collective agreement at the last moment.

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  • <p>In 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.</p>

    Drug-induced efficiency?

    פורסם ב December 9, 2010 | No Comments

    In 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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