‘ 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…
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Basic freedoms and rights violated for Palestinian and Israeli academic workers
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Education unions are warning that academic freedom and the professional rights of higher education workers in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are increasingly under assault as a result of the continuing political conflict in the region. Unions must work…
AFL-CIO leadership on Palestine/Israel praised
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One of the founders of Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine (TULIP) has written to the new AFL-CIO President, Rich Trumka, to congratulate him for re-affirming the strong and continuing relationship between the AFL-CIO and Israel. “ The leadership you…
Women build decent workplaces in the West Bank
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This week the British TUC has begun implementing a program, assisting mainly women workers, to rebuild Palestinian livelihoods on the West Bank . This is an extraordinary radical initiative promoting progressive social changes by challenging the long-established discriminatory and repressive…
Palestinian unions mark World Day for Decent Work
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The General Federation of Trade Unions of Transport joined the march and rally that the national labour centre organised in Nablus for the World Day for Decent Work on 7 October. A union seminar was also held on this topic.…
ITUC Welcomes Israeli Trade Union Statement on Peace and Cooperation
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The ITUC [International Trade Union Confederation] today welcomed a statement released by its Israeli affiliate Histadrut (General Federation of Labour in Israel), reconfirming the commitment of Israel’s trade union movement to peace, security and a two-state solution for Israel and…
Israeli unions: Don’t boycott - support PGFTU and Histadrut instead
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The Histadrut, Israel’s national trade union centre, has issued a statement which makes clear the union’s position on boycotts — and on building peace between Israelis and Palestinians. “We believe that conflicts are solved by dialogue and negotiations, and not…
Not only in tunnels, Not only in Gaza
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In a shocking report published earlier this month about children employed in Gaza tunnels, Anwar, a 15 year old boy from Gaza, relates how he has been made redundant following destruction by the Israeli air force of the tunnel in…
Transport worker solidarity in Palestine and Israel
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The International Transport Workers Federation has just posted onto YouTube this short video about the Histadrut-PGFTU joint project for Transport Workers. The project - mentored by the ITF - supports professional Palestinian truckers needing to get through military checkpoints. Click…
British RMT union shows solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian transport workers
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The British National Union of Rail, Martine and Transport Workers union (RMT) is hosting an Israeli and a Palestinian delegate at its annual conference in the Isle of Man this week (28 June–3 July 2009). Avi Edri, the Chairman of…