Labour news from the Middle East
Algeria
Capacity building in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia 2019-11-15 [ITF] Population out in force for general strike in Algeria 2019-11-10 [IndustriALL]
Social and economic woes weigh heavily on Algeria’s future 2019-11-06 [Equal Times]
Bahrain
GFBTU and IDWF Signed MOU on Protection of Domestic Workers’ Rights in Bahrain 2019-06-16 [EIN] Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi freed 2019-02-13 [ITUC]
Contracts stating rights of domestic workers mandatory from next month 2019-01-05 [GDN]
Egypt
Imprisonment of Uglu Factory workers for 15 days 2019-09-18 [CTUWS] Sisi signs amendments to law regulating trade unions 2019-08-06 [Today]
Trade union leaders call on Egypt's military regime to release Hisham Fouad and Haitham Mohamedain 2019-07-24 [Socialist Worker]
Iran
Haft Tappeh strike suspended on 72nd day 2019-12-07 [SZAC] Neda Naji sentenced to five and a half years in prison! 2019-12-06 [SZAC]
Unpaid wages, hungry workers, live bullets 2019-12-04 [IUF]
Iraq
Union leaders join with gov't, employers and ILO in Decent Work programme 2019-12-06 [ILO] A country is in the making: report from Baghdad’s occupied Tahrir square 2019-11-23 [Opendemocracy]
Journalist wounded and media offices attacked in Baghdad rocket attack 2019-11-20 [IFJ]
Israel
Levels of employment are rising for people with disabilities - but is it enough? 2019-12-05 [Davar] Not your usual image of a union member - Israel's white-collar revolution. 2019-12-02 [Davar]
An LGBT & union forum at the workplace: ensuring all employees feel welcome 2019-12-02 [Davar]
Jordan
Statement of solidarity with the popular uprising of people, workers, and students in Iran 2019-12-06 [Amman Center for Human Right Studies (ACHRS)] Garment sector remains barred for Nepali workers over low wage issue 2019-11-19 [The Post]
Pay deal ends strike by UN Palestinian agency workers 2019-11-04 [Arab News]
Kuwait
'A serious violation of treaties': ITF warns Kuwait of potential breach of international law 2019-11-11 [ITF] Workers strike at airport for better working conditions 2019-11-11 [AFP]
KOC not complying with government & CSC decisions, says KPC workers union 2019-06-10 [MENAFN]
Lebanon
The Lebanese revolution must abolish the kafala system 2019-11-15 [al Jazeera] Lebanon's 'October revolution' : An end to the civil war? 2019-11-13 [Opendemocracy]
“The revolution is changing me. It’s making me hope”: young women on the protests in Beirut 2019-11-07 [Opendemocracy]
Libya
Union of Oil and Gas Workers demand pay rise 2019-08-26 [The Observer] NOC calls for safe return of head of oil union taken in east 2019-05-05 [Reuters]
14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya 2019-02-17 [AFP]
Middle East
Stronger Unions! Stronger Network! 2019-10-21 [BWI] The decades-old war on Palestinian workers 2019-08-23 [Al Jazeera]
IBF Agrees a Temporary Extended Risk Zone in the Strait of Hormuz 2019-08-13 [ITF]
Morocco
Workers Protest Morocco’s Moves to Limit Strikes 2019-08-06 [Solidarity Center] American Labor Organization Urges Morocco to Review Legislation on Labor, Right to Strike 2019-08-04 [MWN]
Casablanca Garbage Workers On Strike 2019-08-04 [MWN]
Oman
Leading the way on workers’ rights in Oman 2019-07-28 [Times of Oman] 400 complaints in a year - and most about salaries: Trade Union 2018-11-06 [The Times]
Empowerment of women through trade unions 2018-10-24 [The Times]
Palestine
IFJ reacts on Israeli attacks against Palestinian journalists 2019-12-03 [IFJ] Hundreds of journalists stand up against Israeli decision to shut down Palestine TV 2019-11-28 [IFJ]
Israeli forces raid Palestine TV and production company, order six month closure 2019-11-27 [Committee to protect journalists]
Qatar
BWI issues two major reports on Qatar 2019-11-10 [BWI] Online petition: End Forced Labor 2019-11-07 [freedomeunited.org]
Labour laws and procedures in Qatar reviewed at ILO meeting 2019-11-07 [The Gulf Times]
Saudi Arabia
ITF and Saudi Arabia commit to work closer together to support seafarers 2019-11-06 [ITF] Khashoggi : A year without justice 2019-10-02 [IFJ]
Saudi Arabia announces new work rules for women 2019-01-21 [khaleejtimes]
Syria
Education union reports terrible toll of Turkish military aggression in Northeastern Syria 2019-10-25 [Education International] Education International condemns Turkish aggression in Syria 2019-10-18 [Education International]
Two journalists killed and four injured in explosion in northern Syria 2019-10-16 [IFJ]
Tunisia
“La plupart des conflits collectifs du travail sont réglés dans le cadre des négociations collectives et du dialogue social” 2019-10-25 [Direct Info] UNI Day Tunisia! 2019-07-10 [UNI Global Union]
PSI affiliates call on governments to restore rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea 2019-06-26 [PSI]
United Arab Emirates
Mandatory midday break for workers in UAE ends 2019-09-16 [Khaleej times] Women's union launches Irtiwaa summer campaign for UAE workers 2019-08-23 [Contruction Week]
ITF and UAE step up cooperation 2019-07-08 [ITF]
Yemen
Stop targeting the press, says IFJ 2019-08-22 [IFJ] Journalist Yahya al-Sawari must be released immediately 2019-07-19 [IFJ]
IFJ demands release of tortured journalists 2019-05-01 [IFJ]
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