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A view on the toilet in the workers' residence. (Activestills.org)

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…

By Activestills June 1, 2014

Thai workers sitting and listening at their residence in Kfar Varborg. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

Foreign workers take exploitative employers to court

Many in Israel view the agriculture industry as moral and ethical one – one that symbolizes the infrastructure upon which the country was built. However, the reality portrays a much less attentive and heroic attitude toward foreign workers. By Noa Shauer (translated by Allison Rudy) Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline has recently received various complaints…

By +972 Magazine September 4, 2013