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Run out of town for teaching farm workers their rights
Labor advocates set out to explain to Thai agricultural workers what rights they have in Israel. Instead, they are intimidated and chased away by the workers’ employers. By Angie Hsu In the rush before leaving Tel Aviv for the Arava Desert Friday morning, I ran into the bathroom and grabbed two bottles of sunscreen. It…
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March 11, 2017
Israeli treasury looks to scrap Palestinian day workers’ tax breaks
Palestinians working in Israel will see thousands of shekels reduced annually from their barely sufficient salary, as per an amendment proposed by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. The arguments he put forth are hair-raisingly infuriating. By Ala Khatib Every now and again the Israeli government declares that it intends to ease restrictions on Palestinian employment in…
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August 12, 2016
As tensions run high, Arab workers pay the price
As a result of the latest round of violence, Arab workers are becoming subject to harassment, boycotts, and arbitrary dismissals. By Maha Shehade Switat These are days when calling for the boycott Arab workers and “expelling” them from their workplace is received with open arms. These are days when cities refuse Arab workers entry into…
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November 4, 2015
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Home Field – Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 5
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 5, they met with agricultural workers in the northern Israeli moshavim of Sdei Trumot and Revayah, trying to re-evaluate their working conditions after…
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June 1, 2014
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 4
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 4, workers go on strike after being made to use pesticides without protection, are forced to live in deplorable conditions and have their…
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March 18, 2014
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 3
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 3, agricultural workers in Moshav Yavetz suffer harsh neglect, are stripped of their right to decent pay and live in insufferable conditions. Read part 2…
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January 31, 2014
Home Field: Visiting agriculture workers in Israel, part 2
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 2, a Thai worker and labor organizer at Moshav Sde Nitzan is deported for organizing a strike over working conditions. Read part 1 here…
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November 27, 2013
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 1
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 1, Thai agricultural workers in Kfar Varburg show ‘Kav Laoved – Workers’ Hotline’ their sub-standard living conditions and tell of their exploitative wages…
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September 12, 2013
Palestinian employment: The phantom workers of Israel
An estimated 30,000 Palestinian laborers work in Israel without permits, in predominantly labor intensives jobs. Pay is poor, social rights are virtually nonexistent, and conditions in the workplace are often hazardous. A group of Palestinian workers tell their story from a construction site in Petah Tikva. By Alon Aviram “This place is a luxury penthouse” said…
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December 7, 2012
Palestinian employment in Israel and settlements: Restrictive policies, abuse of rights
The high rate of unemployment in the Palestinian territories and the gap in wages and quality of life between the Israeli and Palestinian economies have led to a constant supply of Palestinian workers seeking work with Israeli employers, since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip began in 1967. The number of workers…
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October 26, 2012
Court prohibits detention of Sudanese refugees days before mass arrests begin
A Jerusalem court issued a temporary injunction on Thursday, prohibiting the detention of Sudanese refugees. The group was slated for arrest and forced transfer to a prison camp in the Negev desert beginning on October 15. The court’s move comes in response to an October 3 petition, filed by the Clinic for Migrants’ Rights at the…
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Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
October 12, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on / part 8: A working class under siege
The wall was built to stop suicide bombers from entering Israel, so they say. But the people who do enter Israel on a daily basis are the tens of thousands of Palestinians who work here. Some go through hours of waiting at checkpoints, others climb the wall and risk injury or arrest – but all…
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Haggai Matar
June 1, 2012
Court ruling forbids deportation of migrant workers who gave birth
Under the current policy, a pregnant worker would be deported either after the sixth month of her pregnancy if she is not currently employed, or once she gives birth if she is employed. Justice Jubran: The regulation “isn’t becoming of a democratic state.” By Elizabeth Tsurkov In a landmark ruling, the Israeli High Court of…
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April 16, 2011
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