Thai workers

Thai workers on a tractor on the way to start their working day, early hours of October 18, 2013. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

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…

By +972 Magazine March 11, 2017

A Thai agricultural worker, sitting on his bed inside a shipping container, used as the group's residency, Moshav Yavetz, January 25, 2014. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

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…

By Activestills January 31, 2014

Thai workers on a tractor on the way to start their working day, early hours of October 18, 2013. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

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…

By Activestills November 27, 2013

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Palestinian activists cut part of the Separation Barrier in the West Bank village of Rafat, near Ramallah, November 15, 2013. (photo: Activestills.org)

From breaking barriers to waiting in Gaza: A week in photos – November 14-20

This week: Palestinians destroy the separation barrier in three different villages across the West Bank, Bedouin protest the Prawer Plan in the Negev, Bethlehem residents receive demolition orders, animal rights activists pour fake blood all over an Israeli supermarket, and more. …

By Activestills November 21, 2013

A worker in his room, Kfar Varburg, August 31, 2013. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

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…

By Activestills September 12, 2013