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A win for labor rights of Palestinians working in Israeli settlements
The management at a West Bank auto repair shop tried to paint Hatem Abu Ziadeh as a ‘security threat’ for organizing other workers. Palestinian workers in settlements are particularly vulnerable to labor abuses and employer retaliation. The Israeli settlement business that arranged for a Palestinian man’s work permit to be revoked on false security charges…
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Haggai Matar
April 8, 2016
Court orders dismissed Palestinian union organizer be returned to work
The management at a West Bank auto repair shop tried to paint Hatem Abu Ziadeh as a ‘security threat’ for organizing workers. After seven months of stalling, an Israeli court finally orders he be compensated and brought back to work. Jerusalem’s Labor Court ordered a Palestinian union leader who had been dismissed from his job…
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Haggai Matar
February 18, 2016
How to stop Palestinians unionizing: Security, security, security
When Palestinian workers at the Tzarfati garage in the West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim unionized, management made up criminal accusations against the Palestinian chairman of the workers’ committee, exploiting the hostile war-time environment at the time. Management brought in the army, the police, and sent him to military court — resulting in the revocation…
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January 28, 2015
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WATCH: Palestinians workers attempt to unionize
Many Palestinians from the Occupied Teritories work under dangerous, unfair and illegal employment conditions. Workers at one Israeli-owned factory, however, grew tired of the conditions and decided to fight for their rights and to try and unionize. This is their story.
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