Maaruf Atur, 68, is an agricultural worker from the village of Rameh in Galilee. For 32 years he worked in one kibbutz. This long period came to an abrupt end in November 2000 when the kibbutz dismissed him, along with…
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The Unmaking of the Histadrut
In May 2004, Dani Ben Simhon of the Workers Advice Center (WAC) did a study of the Histadrut, Israel’s General Federation of Labor. We excerpt four sections: I. The Introduction; II. The Histadrut’s attitude toward Palestinian workers; III. Its decline during the last decade; and IV. The rise…
The Worker through History
ON Sunday July 4, 2004, the Baqa Center and WAC (Workers Advice Center) concluded their educational year, as always, with a week-long summer camp. Its theme was “The Place of Labor in the Development of Civilization.” The camp included 100…