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Trade union leaders from three continents have announced the launch of a new global movement "to challenge the apologists for Hamas and Hizbollah in the labour movement" and to fight for a two-state solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The movement is called TULIP - Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine. [Read more]TULIP EGYPT
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Egypt: New unions taking hardline anti-Israel stance?
According to a statement making the rounds on the net, the new independent Egyptian trade unions have taken a hardline anti-Israel stance. If true, this is not good news — and not just for Israel. According to this website , the new unions have adopted the most extreme form of rejectionism — going so far… »
Israeli workers’ organizations organize demo in support of the Egyptian people
From the WAC Maan website: The two independent trade unions in Israel – WAC-MAAN and Power to The Workers – will hold a solidarity demonstration in Tel Aviv to support the Egyptian workers and people struggle on February 8. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) called for trade unions around the world to join a… »
Histadrut backs minimum wage hike
The leader of Israel’s national trade union center — the Histadrut — has expressed support for the proposal to raise the country’s minimum wage. That proposal was made in a private member’s bill submitted by former Histadrut leader Amir Peretz. According to a report in Ha’aretz, “Ofer Eini expressed qualified support for increasing the minimum… »
Prominent Egyptian journalist defies union warning on Israel
The Egyptian journalist union has backed away from their original threat to expel a high profile member of their union who had invited the Israeli Ambassador, Shalom Cohen, to her house. Instead the Egyptian Journalist Syndicate issued her with a strongly worded reprimand. At the same time another member of the syndicate had his membership… »
Union frustration with Arab leaders on display at Gaza protests in Amman
On the first anniversary of the Israeli attack on Gaza the leadership of the Jordanian union movement, allied with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, held a 100-strong rallyand sit-in of supporters at the trade union’s head offices in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The pro-Hamas protestors condemned Egypt for banning the Viva Palestina convoy, led by… »
UPDATE: Journalist union’s 3 hour interrogation of member who talked to Israeli
This week the Egyptian Journalists Union began the process of taking away a prominent member’s union rights because she dared to interview the Israeli Ambassador to Egypt. Al Ahram Weekly reports today that the head of the union’s investigative committee said they had questioned for three hours – in a “friendly atmosphere” - Hala Mustafa,… »