“The Palestinian labour market continues to present a grim picture. Unemployment is rampant and protection failing. Stifled by occupation, it can meet neither the needs nor the aspirations of the Palestinian people.” - Guy Ryder, ITUC Director-General
Palestinian Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of the Pandemic
Palestinian workers play a vital role in Israel’s economy, but they’ve been left exposed to the danger of COVID-19 without any support from the Israeli authorities or their own leaders. The pandemic has exposed the harsh realities of life for workers under Israeli occupation.
US proposals on Israel/Palestine are an affront to Palestinian rights and dignity – ITUC
The Trump administration’s proposals on Israel and Palestine, announced on Tuesday, are an affront to Palestinian rights and dignity and have none of the elements of a realistic peace plan.
Palestinian women workers abused in West Bank colonies
The workers are forced into servitude as maids in Israeli colonies.
Statement from PGFTU Gaza
Given the right of our people to practice all forms of national struggle against the Israeli occupation, we, the undersigned, assert our unwavering commitment to the call of Palestinian civil society for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel (BDS).
Stand with Palestinian workers in Gaza
30 July 2014 Stand with Palestinian workers in Gaza: a call for trade union solidarity The Palestinian trade union movement, with support from with support from the Congress of South African Trade Unions and its affiliates, is unanimously calling on trade unions internationally to take immediate action to stop the Israeli massacre in Gaza and … Continue reading Stand with Palestinian workers in Gaza
Behind the scourge of child labour in Palestine
21 February 2014, from Gulf News New law that indicts employers of children will be imposed shortly in Palestine Ramallah: When children of his age go to school, thirteen-year-old Karim wakes up every morning and gets ready to go to work. He goes to market place daily and brings a trolley to help shoppers load … Continue reading Behind the scourge of child labour in Palestine
May Day 2014 in Palestine
May Day 2014 celebrations in Gaza Strip: The Democracy and Workers' Rights Center and the Independent Labor Committees Union - Gaza Strip (ILCU) and other independent unions celebrated May Day in the streets of Gaza city with thousands of workers, raising slogans for a national strategy to end Israeli occupation, the siege on Gaza, reduce unemployment and … Continue reading May Day 2014 in Palestine
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