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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 PALESTINIAN-AUTHORITY
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Palestinian gov’t workers on strike yet again over unpaid wages
According to this report, Palestinian government employees have yet again had to go out on strike to pressure the Palestinian Authority to pay their wages. They have called a two-day strike this week to demand full payment of back salaries. The Palestinian Authority claims that wages have gone unpaid because of Israeli sanctions, but the… »
Palestinian Authority cancels journalist union leader arrest warrant
UPDATE: Hours after issuing the arrest warrant against the Palestinian Journalist Union leader, Na’im Toubassi, the Palestinian Authority Attorney-General announced he was cancelling the arrest warrant. The Attorney-General, Muhammed Al-Mughanni told Ma’an News Agency on Tuesday ( December 29, 2009) that the decision to stop pursuing Toubassi was made out of consideration for the public… »
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… »
PA sets goals for Ministry of Labour
The Palestinian Prime Minister has laid out plans for a state including a detailed “to-do list” for the Ministry of Labour. The relevant section reads as follows: The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has the following objectives: Safeguard workers’ rights through: Developing labor laws and regulations and monitoring their enforcement. Developing and regulating union activity in… »
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… »
PGFTU acts as Palestinian contractor threatens and harasses Palestinian workers in settlement
The Salfit and Qalqilia branches of the PGFTU intervened on behalf of workers at a large textile factory in the Barkan industrial zone. Workers complained that they were fired from their workplace in retaliation for refusing to drop the charges they had filed in the Tel Aviv Labor Court. The charges claim hundreds of thousands… »