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Worker unrest sweeps through West Bank refugee camps

By ericlee

Strikes in Palestine may not be as common, or as large scale as those in Israel, but they do occur.  This week, it’s the turn of UNRWA employees, the people who work on behalf of the UN refugee agency inside West Bank refugee camps. Their protests, reported on the Ma’an News Agency website, focus on… »

UNRWA, staff unions agree on increase in severance pay, salaries

By andrew

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

By andrew

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… »

UNRWA criticises worker unions ahead of regional work stoppage

By andrew

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

By andrew

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… »