Under the current system, tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are each forced to pay 2,500 shekels (US$780) a month for a work permit in Israel. The money is divvied up between a Palestinian middleman and an Israeli contractor
Position Paper: Give “green cards” to Palestinian workers
This position paper calls for a radical change in the “permit regime” for Palestinian workers in Israel.
High Court rejects petition to compensate Palestinian workers hit by crisis
Judges make unanimous decision in labor case on Palestinian workers who lost wages due to pandemic, lockdown; Palestinians working in Israel are not covered by national insurance
WAC-MAAN: Hotline for East Jerusalem workers and jobless during the Coronavirus shutdown
WAC-MAAN launched an Arabic-language emergency hotline, providing assistance and counseling to Corona victims regarding their employment and Social Security.
WAC MAAN and Kav LaOved petition Payment Department to stop irregularities in deductions from Palestinians employed in Israel
Petition to Israel’s National Labor Court against discriminatory practices by the Payment Department with regard to the deduction of membership dues and service fees from the salaries of Palestinian workers in Israel.
Exploited and underpaid, Palestinian women are fighting back in the workplace
Subject to below minimum wage jobs, no pay slips, and arbitrary layoffs in Israeli settlements, Palestinian women under occupation are learning more about their rights and are beginning to unionize.
50 Palestinian workers in a food plant in Atarot Industrial Zone go on strike
The workers seek to negotiate a collective agreement guaranteeing a raise in salary and improved working conditions
Palestinians strike for right to join their chosen union
For decades Palestinian workers in Israel and the Israeli settlements have had very limited freedom of association.
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