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Palestinian doctors to strike today
According to this report on the Ma’an website, West Bank doctors are going on strike today. They are angry at the Palestinian Authority for not living up to its side of an agreement with their union. The report continues: “Only doctors on duty in wards will work while all others, including specialists, will stay home,… »
Palestine: Government workers protest against unpaid salaries – again
Government employees in Gaza and the West Bank face continuing delays in getting their salaries paid, and have announced a series of protests. According to the Ma’an News Agency, “Government and public-sector employees announced a two-hour sit in scheduled for Tuesday across the West Bank and Gaza Strip as salaries remain unpaid, the union chief… »
West Bank health care workers strike – demand payment of salaries on time
First it was the teachers, and now it’s the health care workers in the West Bank who have been forced to take strike action to protest late payment (and sometimes non-payment) of their salaries. The health care workers union has announced a one day strike for Thursday, threatening to shut the entire system down and… »
Worker unrest sweeps through West Bank refugee camps
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… »
West Bank universities on strike
According to this report, thousands of university employees in the West Bank, as well as students, have launched a three day strike. The strike has nothing to do with the Israeli occupation — it is entirely focussed on bread-and-butter, economic issues. “The union head said the protests are a response to the Ramallah-based Palestinian government’s… »
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… »
Organising and empowering in the West Bank
‘ Now I realise the importance of unions and I have begun to know my rights at my worksite.’ This is the verdict of Palestinian factory worker Nedaa AL Zaher, after attending a recent British TUC-supported training session run by the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU). TUC workshops across West Bank Since October… »