Kav LaOved: latest reports on migrant workers and other workers’ rights issues

Every month the Israeli NGO Kav LaOved issues an online newsletter - available by email and on the web - focussing on issues of workers rights that affect Israeli, Palestinian and migrant workers in the region.  The latest one came out this week.  (You can view it here.)  This month’s issue is a mixture of good and bad news including:

  • The labour court has allowed a class action lawsuit to be filed by security workers
  • Restaurant owner’s reps attacked a Kav LaOved vigil on behalf of underpaid workers
  • The Knesset is considering legislation that will restrict migrant careworkers ability to switch employers
  • Most migrant workers employed illegally in Israel actually entered the country as tourists
  • There’s a summary of Kav LaOved’s activities concerning migrant farm workers in Israel
  • A survey shows that 24-hour live-in migrant caregivers are frequently subject to over-work
  • Palestinian workers sacrifice their health to keep their jobs
  • And much more …