Palestinian unions

Illustrative photo of Sodastram workers in Israel. (Flash90)
‘Sodastream workers allege being threatened over unionizing attempts’
According to a lawsuit filed by Israel’s largest labor union, Sodastream workers who tried to organize reported being harassed by the company’s management. Sodastream denies the allegations. Israel’s major worker’s federation filed a NIS 15 million lawsuit against Sodastream this past month, claiming that the company attempted to disrupt workers’ attempts to organize. The story hit the…
By Haggai Matar June 17, 2017
Hatem Abu Ziadeh is seen holding formal pre-dismissal papers. (photo: Elifelet Sara Levi)
Court orders dismissed Palestinian union organizer be returned to work
The management at a West Bank auto repair shop tried to paint Hatem Abu Ziadeh as a ‘security threat’ for organizing workers. After seven months of stalling, an Israeli court finally orders he be compensated and brought back to work. Jerusalem’s Labor Court ordered a Palestinian union leader who had been dismissed from his job…
By Haggai Matar February 18, 2016
Hatem Abu Ziadeh (Photo courtesy of WAC-MAAN)
Employer turns Palestinian union organizer into a ‘security threat’
Hatem Abu Ziadeh spent almost 20 years working at an auto repair shop in a West Bank industrial zone. But once he began organizing workers for better conditions, he was fired for ‘security-based reasons.’ In many respects, this is a painfully simple and well-known story: a veteran factory worker decides to unionize his fellow workers…
By Haggai Matar February 16, 2016
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