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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 KAV-LAOVED
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Israel’s imported care workers pay $8,400 to unscrupulous middlemen, says NGO
According to a shocking report released this week by Israeli NGO Kav LaOved (the Workers Hotline), foreign care workers who come to work in Israel pay on average $8,400 to middlemen in order to obtain work visas in the country. The payments are almost made in cash and are illegal. The organization blames the lack… »
Israeli workers on election day
Free elections are a rare event in the Middle East, and it is only in the last few years that Egyptians, Tunisians, Iraqis and others have had the chance to freely cast ballots for the candidates of their choice. In Israel, free elections in which all citizens, Jewish and Arab alike, can vote have been… »
Palestinians tell British union: Don’t sever ties with the Histadrut
Britain’s giant public sector union UNISON has just issued its long-awaited report on its delegation’s visit to Israel and Palestine. The visit had been scheduled to take place a year ago, finally happened at the end of 2010, and the report has become available only now. It is a long and detailed report reflecting the… »
Kav LaOved: latest reports on migrant workers and other workers’ rights issues
Every month the Israeli NGO Kav LaOved issues an online newsletter – available by email and on the web – focussing on issues of workers rights that affect Israeli, Palestinian and migrant workers in the region. The latest one came out this week. (You can view it here.) This month’s issue is a mixture of… »
Kav LaOved bimonthly report highlights plight of migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel
The bimonthly mailing sent out by pro-labour NGO Kav LaOved (the workers’ hotline) is packed with information about the plight of migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel, including both agricultural workers and caregivers. Their reports speak for themselves and they highlight the need for effective campaigns in support of the most vulnerable workers —… »
Israeli NGO intervenes to help Palestinian workers win back wages
Kav La’Oved is an Israeli NGO that does fantastic work in support of the most vulnerable workers. This week it published an extraordinary account of the plight of 140 Palestinian workers employed by the Swedish company, Soda Club. Last year, Kav La’Oved was successful in helping the Palestinian workers achieve equal pay with their Israeli… »
Israel Owes Billions of Shekels to Palestinian Workers
The Jerusalem Post writes: “The government of Israel has siphoned over a billion shekels in money taken from Palestinian laborers for national insurance between 1970-1994, a report released on Wednesday states. According to the report, compiled by the workers’ rights organization Kav LaOved, between the years 1970-1994 over NIS 1 billion was withheld from Palestinian… »
UNISON promotes constructive engagement in Palestine
UNISON, Britain’s public sector union, has just published its quarterly “International Newsletter” and its three items about Israel/Palestine are all examples of positive and constructive engagement. TUC visits projects in Palestine Nick Crook, UNISON international officer, recently took part in a small TUC delegation to Palestine to see how the TUC-PGFTU (Palestine General Federation of… »
Histadrut to allow migrant workers to join for first time
The Histadrut labor federation’s executive voted yesterday to accept migrant workers into the group as full members, the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz has reported. The decision will require the organization to amend its bylaws, which currently permit membership only to Israeli citizens and permanent or temporary residents. The newspaper reports that this change in union rules… »
Workers Hotline on treatment of Palestinian workers after work accidents
Over the past two years, Kav LaOved( Workers’ Hotline) has received complaints of Palestinian workers employed in Israeli settlements, regarding the way they were evacuated from the workplace following work-related accidents. In a report issued last week the Israeli NGO provides seven case studies and explains that they demonstrate unacceptable treatment in the evacuation of… »