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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 JORDAN-TIMES
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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… »
UNRWA, staff unions agree on increase in severance pay, salaries
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and union leaders representing its staff have reached an agreement to increase retirement benefits for all staff retiring on or after January 1, 201o, the Jordan Times reports. The deal entails a raise from 8.5 per cent to 10 per cent of the retired employee’s… »
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… »
Israel ‘tricked’ Jordan union members visiting West Bank
“Tricky Israelis” have been blamed for Jordanian union members having Israeli visa stamps in their passport. One hundred Jordanian Engineering Union members, part of a large delegation meeting with Palestinian counterparts, were facing expulsion from their union because of anti-Israel, anti-normalisation policies of their association. Union expulsion could end careeers This threat caused quite a… »
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… »