Kav LaOved (the Workers Hotline) has produced a new report on how Israeli companies behave in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli NGO says that a large number of Israeli companies routinely violate the rights of workers they employ —…
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Israel’s imported care workers pay $8,400 to unscrupulous middlemen, says NGO
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According to a shocking report released this week by Israeli NGO Kav LaOved (the Workers Hotline), foreign care workers who come to work in Israel pay on average $8,400 to middlemen in order to obtain work visas in the country. …
Israeli workers on election day
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Free elections are a rare event in the Middle East, and it is only in the last few years that Egyptians, Tunisians, Iraqis and others have had the chance to freely cast ballots for the candidates of their choice. In…
Palestinians tell British union: Don’t sever ties with the Histadrut
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Britain’s giant public sector union UNISON has just issued its long-awaited report on its delegation’s visit to Israel and Palestine. The visit had been scheduled to take place a year ago, finally happened at the end of 2010, and the…
Kav LaOved: latest reports on migrant workers and other workers’ rights issues
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Every month the Israeli NGO Kav LaOved issues an online newsletter - available by email and on the web - focussing on issues of workers rights that affect Israeli, Palestinian and migrant workers in the region. The latest one came…
Kav LaOved bimonthly report highlights plight of migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel
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The bimonthly mailing sent out by pro-labour NGO Kav LaOved (the workers’ hotline) is packed with information about the plight of migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel, including both agricultural workers and caregivers. Their reports speak for themselves and…
Israeli NGO intervenes to help Palestinian workers win back wages
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Kav La’Oved is an Israeli NGO that does fantastic work in support of the most vulnerable workers. This week it published an extraordinary account of the plight of 140 Palestinian workers employed by the Swedish company, Soda Club. Last year,…
Israel Owes Billions of Shekels to Palestinian Workers
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The Jerusalem Post writes: “The government of Israel has siphoned over a billion shekels in money taken from Palestinian laborers for national insurance between 1970-1994, a report released on Wednesday states. According to the report, compiled by the workers’ rights…
UNISON promotes constructive engagement in Palestine
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UNISON, Britain’s public sector union, has just published its quarterly “International Newsletter” and its three items about Israel/Palestine are all examples of positive and constructive engagement.
Histadrut to allow migrant workers to join for first time
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The Histadrut labor federation’s executive voted yesterday to accept migrant workers into the group as full members, the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz has reported. The decision will require the organization to amend its bylaws, which currently permit membership only to Israeli…