Today is a nationwide day of protest across the United States as unions face the most serious attack on their rights in more than a generation. Unions in many countries — including the newly independent unions of Egypt and Iraq…
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Border crossing project for Palestinian truckies launched
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A brand new initiative, designed to improve the lives of Palestinian drivers, saw its official opening this week. The launch of the ITF’s Palestine border crossing project at Tulkarem City was celebrated on 24 March. The innovative initiative, which began…
Palestinian truckers’ project goes operational
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An innovative new initiative designed to provide truck drivers in Palestine with basic services at the border crossing with Israel began operations last week. A ceremony to mark the start of the ITF-funded project, one in a series of programmes…
Hundreds of Chinese construction workers sign up to join a union — in Israel
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By all accounts it was an extraordinary scene on the seventh floor of the Histadrut headquarters in Tel-Aviv on Wednesday evening. Hundreds of Chinese construction workers turned up to fill in their forms and join the Israeli union. Histadrut campaigning…
Palestinian unions call for dockworkers to block loading/offloading of Israeli ships - report [updated]
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We can’t confirm this as it hasn’t come directly from the unions themselves, but according to the website of the “Global BDS Movement”, 14 Palestinian unions have signed a call to unionized dockworkers around the world to refused to load…
Histadrut response to flotilla tragedy - calls for strengthening of trade union ties between Israelis and Palestinians
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The following is the full text of the statement issued by the Histadrut on 31 May 2010. The Histadrut, as part of its ideology and strategy to attain solidarity with the Palestinian employees, has vigorously strived to promote the relationship…
Campaigning for Decent Work across Palestine
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‘We have succeeded in reducing the working day by half an hour. From the experience, I realise that big achievements begin by small steps. That was the accumulated knowledge that I have learnt from the TUC project,’ says Saed Zubaidy,…
PGFTU visits DC to meet US counterparts
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The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) has accepted an invitation from the AFL-CIO to meet in Washington DC to look for ways to improve relations between US and Palestinian unions. The General-Secretary of the PGFTU, Shaher Saed, is…
ITUC meets Palestinian Authority, and Palestinian and Israeli union affiliates
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In a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on 16 February, ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder discussed the deep economic problems confronting Palestinians, and the government’s plans to tackle a series of labour issues including vocational training,…
Palestinians well represented at historic first for ITF regional conference in Arab World
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The Palestinian trade union movement sent two delegates to Amman to help create a new Arab World section of the International Transport Workers Federation . More than 100 delegates from 33 unions representing transport workers in 10 countries met in…