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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 MAAN-NEWS-AGENCY
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Journalist union democratisation hijacked by Fatah-aligned security agency
The hoped for revival and democratisation of the Palestinian journalists union – with the support of the International Federation of Journalists – seems to have collapsed in a heap. Journalists in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are angrily denouncing the Palestinian Authority over its interference in the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) election held… »
Human rights group joins calls to delay Palestinian journalist union elections
A Gaza-based Palestinian human rights group has joined the growing calls to delay historic elections for leadership positions in the Palestinian journalists’ union. Nominations for the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) elections closed on Monday (February 1, 2010). Challenges to the nomination of any candidates were to be made on Tuesday (February 2, 2010). The actual… »
Female journalists demand union representation
Dozens of female journalists from Gaza rallied on Sunday in front of the office of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate in Gaza City, demanding that membership be opened up to women. Journalist Dunya Isma’il called on the PJS to introduce a set quota for women members, as in the Palestinian Legislative Council, the Ma’an News Agency… »
Call to postpone Palestinian journalists’ congress due to political interference
The International Federation of Journalists has called for a postponement of a historic Palestinian journalists’ union congress, because of undue political interference. The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate announced on Wednesday that nominations were open for its leadership and a long overdue union conference will start soon afterwards. The journalist union’s top committee said they would receive… »
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… »