The Salfit and Qalqilia branches of the PGFTU intervened on behalf of workers at a large textile factory in the Barkan industrial zone. Workers complained that they were fired from their workplace in retaliation for refusing to drop the charges…
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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…
British civil service union head blogs from Palestine
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Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the UK’s Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), is currently visiting Palestine as part of a delegation hosted by the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions. He is blogging every day about his experiences. Serwotka…
Strengthened union co-operation has potential to deliver positive change: ILO Report
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A new ILO report on the situation of workers in the Occupied Territories takes the time to praise the historic steps taken towards co-operation between the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and the Histadrut. The report notes that there…
Three Palestinian Unions welcome Obama’s speech
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The Government Workers Union, the Health Workers Union and the Teachers Union issued a press release welcoming the Cairo speech of the US president, Barack Obama, especially his statements on the two-state solution, rejecting settlements, and calling for ending the…
Unions to train Palestinians seeking jobs in Israel
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Palestinian and Israeli trade unions are running two joint training programs for construction and transport workers. The programs are part of a trust-building program involving the two national trade union centers the PGFTU and the Histadrut. Sixty Palestinian workers are…
Innovative new joint trade union project to aid Palestinian drivers
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We’ve received this report of an innovative new project being launched by trade unions in Israel and Palestine with the backing of the international trade union movement. This is exactly the kind of positive engagement that can lead to genuine…