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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 HAMAS
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Hamas accused of sabotaging safety training for Palestinian women journalists
If Israel banned one of its journalists from attending an overseas conference on the subject of safety for women journalists, one can only imagine the uproar. But this is exactly what the Hamas government in Gaza has just done, by banning an International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) ”safety trainer in Gaza, Sami Abu Salem, from travelling… »
International Federation of Journalists condemns Hamas meddling in Gaza journalists affairs
The contrast could not be clearer: in Israel, independent trade unions that sometimes cooperate with, sometimes confront the government. In areas controlled by the pro-Iranian Hamas, unions under the thumb of an authoritarian regime. This week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemned the actions of the Hamas regime in Gaza. In a statement… »
Basic freedoms and rights violated for Palestinian and Israeli academic workers
Education unions are warning that academic freedom and the professional rights of higher education workers in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are increasingly under assault as a result of the continuing political conflict in the region. Unions must work with Israeli and Palestinian colleagues to improve their rights A new report on working conditions… »
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… »
Strike by workers at UN agency for Palestinian refugees
More than 16,000 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) held a one-day strike on Tuesday (Nov 17 2009) in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to demand better pay, their union said. A further 14,000 observed a two-hour stoppage in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, said Adel Eid, who… »
Human rights group condemns Hamas decision to ban journalist union meeting
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has issued a strong statement attacking the Gaza regime’s ban on a meeting of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in their enclave. The IFJ conference was due to be held on 9 and 10 November 2009, and linked to a West Bank meeting of journalist union members… »
Defiant Journalists Back Ethical Campaign for Palestinian Media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today concluded the launch of its programme to support ethical journalism in Palestine with a series of proposals to strengthen independent media even in the face of political difficulties. The launch conference of the IFJ Ethical Journalism Initiative, held in Ramallah on the West Bank, adopted a programme that… »
UNRWA criticises worker unions ahead of regional work stoppage
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Monday criticised a workers’ union decision to stage work stoppages today, calling on staff not to deny refugees access to services, the Jordan Times reports today. Staff unions in the agency’s five fields of operation (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza… »
UNRWA Palestinian refugee agency hit by more industrial disputes
Union members working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) are threatening to re-ignite mass protests in the coming week in the agency’s five fields of operation (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank). The latest protests are part of an on-going dispute which has… »
Palestinian union demands end to gov’t crackdown on media
The Palestinian Journalists Union called on the Palestinian Authority to reopen the Al-Jazeera offices in Ramallah, and demanded they respect rights and freedoms of media and journalists and of citizens to free speech and freedom of expression, according to this report. “The union said in a statement that all Palestinian media must be patient and… »