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Union representing Jewish and Arab workers, mostly women, signs first-ever collective bargaining agreement in Nazareth

This is good news. The Workers Advice Center (WAC), like Power to the Workers, is an independent trade union organizing workers that the Histadrut — Israel’s largest national trade union center — either hasn’t wanted to organize or been able…

Short video about attempt to unionize by Palestinian workers at Israeli-owned factory in the West Bank

This video, produced by Social TV, tells the story of a group of Palestinian workers who faced with unacceptable conditions at work have attempted to organize.  Several were sacked.  They have been helped by the Workers Advice Center (WAC).  Worth…

Union lobbies for better trucker wages in Israel

Unionists in Israel are embroiled in a dispute with the transport authorities in an effort to see better pay in the country’s trucking industry to help counteract the long hours culture. This is widely believed to lead to accidents, including…