The Palestinian trade union movement may have won a key victory for Palestinian workers, with a Palestinian Authority ban on West Bankers working in Israeli settlements seemingly unraveling. The PA issued the ban prohibiting Palestinians from working in West Bank…
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Jordan unions rally to remember Gaza
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On the second anniversary of the Cast Lead offensive in Gaza Jordanian unionists have rallied to call for greater political and economic support for Gaza, and an end to a blockade which they said is causing a humanitarian disaster. Rally…
Jordan unions to create database monitoring Israeli products sold in Arab world
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Unions and civil society groups opposed to normalising relations with Israel called on Wednesday for the establishment of a database to monitor ‘Israeli activity in the Arab region’. The call came during a seminar aimed at unifying Arab efforts to…
Top American rabbi says religious institute response to union is ‘not kosher’
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A prominent American Conservative/Masorti rabbi has sharply condemned one of the movement’s flagship institutions in Israel over the way it has been conducting a labour dispute. Rabbi Jill Jacobs accuses the Jerusalem-based Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies of breaking Jewish…
Histadrut boss pushes for end to Netanyahu coalition because of stalled peace talks
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Israel’s top trade union leader Ofer Eini has reportedly again called on his Labour Party allies to leave the Netanyahu led coalition in light of the stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians. A struggle is going on inside the Israeli…
Jordan unions organise anti-Israel Arab conference
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Trade unions in Jordan plan to host a conference in Amman next week of anti-Israel activists from across the Middle East and North Africa to discuss efforts to confront Israel’s “attempts to establish ties with Arab countries”. “Dozens of activists…
Now is the time for serious negotiation says ITUC
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The International Trade Union Confederation has released a statement saying it is increasingly concerned at the lack of progress in achieving a just and peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine peace process. In particular, Israel’s refusal to extend the moratorium on…
PGFTU prepares to back Palestinian workers defying ban on settlement work
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Palestinians employed in settlements will not give up their jobs until the Palestinian Authority provides alternative work, PGFTU General Secretary, Shahir Sa’ed, told the Ma’an News Agency on Sunday. The PA issued a ban prohibiting Palestinians from working in West…
Anti-Israel union activists in Australia checked by new ACTU Assistant Secretary
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Anti-Israel BDS activists in Australia have begun an email campaign targeting union leaders and trade union supporters of Palestine. Hundreds of unsolicited emails were sent out last week across Australia to union in-boxes introducing their new group, called Australian Unionists…
UNI Global Union backs bridge-building between Israeli and Palestinian workers
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One of the biggest global union groupings in the world – UNI Global Union – has endorsed the two-state solution for peace in the Middle East. And UNI Global Union has committed itself to supporting co-operation agreements between the Israeli…