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Labour News from the Middle East

Iran Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers go on all-out strike [IWSN]  11-May-2008  

Australia/Israel Israeli army attacks two APHEDA funded projects [CFMEU]  11-May-2008  

USA/Iraq No peace, no work: Union shuts down West Coast ports to protest Iraq War, but the media misses the historic story [San Francisco Bay Guardian] For more info Images   11-May-2008  

Iran Fears grow over continued detention of May Day activists [Kargaran] For more info   10-May-2008  

Egypt Bittersweet medicine [Al-Ahram]  09-May-2008  

Egypt Striking contrast [Al-Ahram]  09-May-2008  

Iran Over 3000 workers go on strike in Haft Tapeh! [IWSN] For more info   08-May-2008  

Iraq 'Iraqi labour movement's May Day statement ' [workersliberty.org]  08-May-2008  

Global/Iran Iran: Usual May Day repression [ITUC]  08-May-2008  

Lebanon Clashes in General Strike in Lebanon [New York Times]  08-May-2008  

Israel Public employees will receive a wage increase of 5% [LNN]  07-May-2008  

Palestine No holiday for Gaza's labor sector [Electronic Intifada]  07-May-2008  

Lebanon Wage protest shuts down Beirut [AKI]  07-May-2008  

Lebanon Opposition Workers Call for Beirut Demonstration, Majority Unions Boycott, Tension Escalates [Nahamet]  07-May-2008  

Lebanon General strike paralyses Beirut [BBC]  07-May-2008  

Iran Reports on May Day 2008 in Iran [IASWI] For more info   06-May-2008  

Iran Government Vehemently Breaks Workers' Tyre Strike [ICEM] For more info   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Did Google Block ILWU Web Page? [LA Indymedia] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Protests Across the Bay Area Thursday, May 1, 2008 [KCBS] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Dockers shut West Coast ports in brief protest [San Francisco Chronicle] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq May Day: Longshoremen gather to protest war [The Oregonian] For more info   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq ILWU's Unprecedented Display of Labor Muscle for the Peace Movement [Portland Indymedia] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Longshoremen defy work order, stay off the job on May Day [The Oregonian] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Port workers ditch work, slow cargo movement to protest war [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq No work at ports as longshore protests war [The News Tribune] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Dockworkers Protest Iraq War [New York Times] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports [Los Angeles Times] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Shutting Down the West Coast Ports - The ILWU's May Day Strike [Counterpunch] For more info Images   05-May-2008  

Canada/Iran Prominent parliamentarian lauds Teamsters Canada as a leader in defending human rights [Teamsters Canada] For more info   05-May-2008  

Iran Five Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company workers to appear in court [IWSN] For more info   05-May-2008  

Egypt Egyptian activists set to strike [Radio New Zealand]  04-May-2008  

Israel Finance Ministry Wages Director and the Chairman of the Histadrut signed an agreement on April 17, 2008 [Histadrut]  04-May-2008  

Israel May Day demonstration of WAC – Ma'an: Worker Solidarity without Borders [WAC Maan]  04-May-2008  

Iraq Mayday Message from Iraqi Trade Unions [GUOE]  03-May-2008  

Egypt Opposition Call Again for General Strike, Civil Revolt [MEMRI]  03-May-2008  

USA/Iraq On May Day, many marchers for many causes [SF Chronicle] For more info Images   03-May-2008  

Iran Workers defy ban to celebrate May Day; 10 arrested [Kargaran] For more info   02-May-2008  

Morocco Rage and sadness at this weekend's Casablanca factory fires [Global Voices]  02-May-2008  

USA/Iraq May Day: Longshore workers will shut down West Coast ports to stop the war [www.transportworkers.org] For more info Images   01-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Longshore union strikes against war [Seattle Post Intelligencer] For more info Images   01-May-2008  

Global/Iraq Iraqi port workers to shut down ports for 1 hr May Day in solidarity with ILWU W Coast port shutdown [www.transportworkers.org] For more info   01-May-2008  

Egypt Facebook ban after strike organizers arrested for 'virtual subversion' [Al-Ahram Weekly]  01-May-2008  

Egypt Doctors stage protests across the country [Al-Ahram Weekly]  01-May-2008  

USA/Iraq Anti-War Protest Targets Busy Port Of Oakland [Fox Reno] For more info Images   01-May-2008  

Canada/Israel Postal workers back boycott, sanctions against Israel [Canadian Jewish News]  30-Apr-2008  

Canada/Israel CUPW joins BDS Palestinian Solidarity Campaign [The Dominion]  30-Apr-2008  

Canada/Israel Canadian postal workers urge divestment of 'apartheid' Israel [Jerusalem Post]  30-Apr-2008  

Israel Global Services Israel Ltd. fires dozens of managers out of company's 1,200 employees. [Globes Online]  30-Apr-2008  

Algeria IFJ welcomes statute for Algerian journalists that opens the door to better working conditions [IFJ]  29-Apr-2008  

Israel Worker's slice of Israel's national income has been falling for two decades, [Ha'aretz]  29-Apr-2008  

Canada/Israel Canadian Union of Postal Workers joined the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel during their national convention. [Canadian Union of Postal Workers]  29-Apr-2008  

Canada/Israel Jonathan Kay: The Canadian Union of Postal Workers "has no plans to block mail to and from Israel as of yet." [National Post]  29-Apr-2008  

Morocco Owner, manager held over Morocco fire deaths [ABC News]  28-Apr-2008  

Morocco Murder charges demanded for all those responsible for Casablanca factory fire [ITGLWF]  28-Apr-2008  

Canada/Israel Jonathan Kay asks: Now that CUPW is boycotting Israel, will Canada Post deliver mail to the Israeli embassy? [National Post]  28-Apr-2008  

Morocco Garment factory fire kills 55 [Philly.com]  27-Apr-2008  

Morocco Fire in mattress factory kills 55 [The Daily Star]  27-Apr-2008  

Palestine/Global Palestinian union: Boycott the "Israel at 60" celebrations [LabourNet]  25-Apr-2008  

Morocco/Europe Trade union delegation visits occupied territories in Western Sahara [PDF] [CCOO]  25-Apr-2008  

Iran Sheis Amani is arrested and put in jail [ILRW] For more info   24-Apr-2008  

Iran No permit for May Day celebrations in Sanandaj [ILRW] For more info   24-Apr-2008  

Israel WAC organizes May 1st Demonstration of Arab and Jewish Workers [WAC Maan]  24-Apr-2008  

Canada/Egypt CUPE condemns killings, arrests in Egypt [CUPE]  24-Apr-2008  

Palestine/UK Palestinian education delegation to UK gets special treatment [The Electronic Intifada]  23-Apr-2008  

Canada/Palestine Three cheers for the Canadian Postal Workers Union for condemning Israeli apartheid [The News]  23-Apr-2008  

Lebanon By³y dyrektor "Halemby" aresztowany [lewica.pl]  23-Apr-2008  

India/Middle East CITU leader calls for support to workers in the Gulf [Hindu]  21-Apr-2008  

Palestine/Israel As Palestinian journalists rally in protest, IFJ renews calls for probe into media killing [IFJ]  21-Apr-2008  

Palestine/Israel As Palestinian journalists rally in protest, IFJ renews calls for probe into media killing [IFJ]  21-Apr-2008  

Iraq IFJ calls on Iraqi Parliament to act now overlaw to protect journalists [IFJ]  21-Apr-2008  

Tunisia/UK TUC, UGTT Launch New IT Laboratory [Al Arab]  21-Apr-2008  

Palestine/Israel Israel announces investigation into killing of Reuters cameraman by its forces in Gaza Strip. [JTA]  21-Apr-2008  

Palestine/Israel Israel announces investigation into killing of Reuters cameraman by its forces in Gaza Strip. [JTA]  21-Apr-2008  

Canada/Israel Canadian Union of Postal Workers Votes to Support Boycott of Israel [IMEMC]  19-Apr-2008  

Israel Public sector wage agreement signed [Globes Online]  17-Apr-2008  

Egypt Parallels between the Solidarity Revolution and Egypt’s Mahalla Riots [The Diplomatic Courier, DC]  16-Apr-2008  

Israel A Profile of Dr. Yuval Livnat, the outgoing legal adviser to Kav La'oved (Worker's Hotline for the Protection of Workers' Rights) [Ha'aretz]  15-Apr-2008  

Egypt Egyptian govt arrests 9 Journalists as media workers groan [Afrique en ligne, France]  13-Apr-2008  

Egypt Egypt Releases ‘Riot Journalists’ [The Media Line, NY]  13-Apr-2008