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…
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UNRWA criticises worker unions ahead of regional work stoppage
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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…
UNRWA Palestinian refugee agency hit by more industrial disputes
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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…
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…
Australian trade unions supporting Palestine/Israel peace process
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Trade unionists must show they can create practical examples of solidarity between Israelis and Palestinians, the president of the Australian Council of Trades Unions, Sharan Burrow, told a labour movement meeting in Sydney this week. ” These practical working models…
Spotlight interview with Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja (PGFTU - Palestine)
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A member of the PGFTU(*) executive bureau and president of the agriculture and food industry union, Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja talks to ITUC Online about Palestinian women’s twofold struggle: against Israeli colonisation and fundamentalism. She underlines the progress made inside…
ITUC: Unions should take part in anti-Israel conference
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The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), representing 168 million workers in 155 countries and territories, with 311 national affiliates, is calling on trade unions to participate in the “Durban II” conference which is being boycotted by a number of democratic…