According to this report, “Around 95 percent of [Palestinian Authority] government employees answered their union’s call to strike on Sunday, the union chief said. . . .the strike was the first step of protests held by the union until the…
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Palestine: Health workers to strike
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According to this report from Ma’an, angry Palestinian health care workers have decided to go on strike to protest consistently late payment of their salaries. They accuse the Palestinian Authority of “endless stalling” following strikes by health care and other…
Palestinian gov’t workers on strike yet again over unpaid wages
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According to this report, Palestinian government employees have yet again had to go out on strike to pressure the Palestinian Authority to pay their wages. They have called a two-day strike this week to demand full payment of back salaries.…
Palestinian Authority cancels journalist union leader arrest warrant
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UPDATE: Hours after issuing the arrest warrant against the Palestinian Journalist Union leader, Na’im Toubassi, the Palestinian Authority Attorney-General announced he was cancelling the arrest warrant. The Attorney-General, Muhammed Al-Mughanni told Ma’an News Agency on Tuesday ( December 29, 2009)…
Union frustration with Arab leaders on display at Gaza protests in Amman
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On the first anniversary of the Israeli attack on Gaza the leadership of the Jordanian union movement, allied with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, held a 100-strong rallyand sit-in of supporters at the trade union’s head offices in the Jordanian…
PA sets goals for Ministry of Labour
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The Palestinian Prime Minister has laid out plans for a state including a detailed “to-do list” for the Ministry of Labour. The relevant section reads as follows: The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has the following objectives: Safeguard workers’ rights through:…
Palestinian union demands end to gov’t crackdown on media
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The Palestinian Journalists Union called on the Palestinian Authority to reopen the Al-Jazeera offices in Ramallah, and demanded they respect rights and freedoms of media and journalists and of citizens to free speech and freedom of expression, according to this…
PGFTU acts as Palestinian contractor threatens and harasses Palestinian workers in settlement
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The Salfit and Qalqilia branches of the PGFTU intervened on behalf of workers at a large textile factory in the Barkan industrial zone. Workers complained that they were fired from their workplace in retaliation for refusing to drop the charges…