Labour news from the Middle East
Algeria
Public health personnel renew their strike 2010-03-14 [Ennahar] End of a teachers’ strike deemed 'illegal' 2010-03-14 [Ennahar Online]
Teachers vow more strikes 2010-02-25 [Magharebia]
Bahrain
Gulf Air 'wasting millions' says trade union 2010-02-12 [Arabian Business] Hundreds of oil workers protest 2010-02-07 [Maxtoob]
Bapco staff stage protest over pay 2010-02-07 [Arabian Business]
Egypt
Over 300 Islam Online workers resign in protest 2010-03-18 [Daily News Egypt] Islam Online worker sit-in continues after mass resignations 2010-03-18 [Daily News Egypt]
IFJ Backs Striking Journalists at ‘Ground-Breaking' Islam Online Website in Egypt 2010-03-18 [IFJ]
Iran
Worker Protest in the Age of Ahmadinejad 2010-03-16 [Middle East Report] Workers’ Protest in Isfahan 2010-03-07 [Iran Labor Report]
Union Leaders Under Attack 2010-03-07 [Iran Labor Report]
Iraq
Continued harassment of teachers union leaders 2010-02-26 [EI] Hands off the Iraqi Teachers Union! 2010-02-24 [TUC]
Iraq's Labor Unions: Making a Comback 2010-02-20 [CounterPunch]
Israel
'High-tech managers prefer to work with their army buddies' - in-built workplace bias against Israeli minorities 2010-03-18 [Ha'aretz] Committee to Inspect Foreign Worker Immigration Procedures at Airport 2010-03-18 [Israel National News]
Gaza rocket kills Thai agricultural worker in Israel 2010-03-18 [Al Jazeera]
Jordan
Hundreds of Teachers Union backers continue protests against minister’s ‘humiliating’ remarks 2010-03-18 [Jordan Times] Unions in Jordan lead anti-Israel protests over rededication of synagogue near al-Aqsa mosque 2010-03-17 [Deutsche Press Agentur]
Professional unions and opposition protesters denounce Israeli actions 2010-03-17 [Jordan Times]
Kuwait
ITF defends dockers’ right to strike in Kuwait 2010-03-18 [ITF] ‘Kuwaiti women prove mettle in work, society’ 2010-03-08 [The Arab Times]
Nearly 300 Egyptian employees of cleaning and contracting company protest: Workers haven't been paid for 8 months 2010-03-03 [Arab Times]
Lebanon
Teachers held strike of unprecedented scale to demand salary improvement 2010-03-09 [EI] Conference debates Palestinian refugee population’s right to work in Lebanon 2010-02-16 [Daily Star]
Foreign domestic workers fight back at abuse 2010-01-28 [AFP]
Libya
IFJ Backs Call for Media Reforms in Libya 2009-12-21 [IFJ] Overseas Filipino workers offered jobs; Libya needs 16,000 workers 2009-05-11 [Tempo]
Strong Libya job market lures Maghreb workers 2009-04-05 [Magharebia]
Middle East
Launch of Middle East Gender Study Marks International Women’s Day 2010-03-09 [IFJ] Arab world dockers express solidarity with Indian port drivers 2010-02-25 [ITF]
Gulf jets get a flying start on Australian runways 2010-02-21 [Sunday Telegraph]
Morocco
For many Moroccan working women, the trade-off between home lives and jobs occurs at the expense of time and peace of mind 2010-03-16 [Magharebia] Strike shuts down Morocco's public sector 2010-03-09 [Magharebia]
Transit unions threaten strike over new highway laws 2010-02-01 [Magharebia]
Oman
ILO praises Oman move to allow labour unions 2010-02-22 [Khaleej Times] Oman: a new union centre is born 2010-02-21 [ITUC]
A New Trade Union Centre is Born 2010-02-19 [ITUC]
Palestine
Journalist union demands an end to media shut downs 2010-03-18 [Maan News Agency] MADA condemns 'attacks' on Palestinian journalists 2010-03-18 [Ma'an News Agency]
Women's handcraft union shows off tradition, supported by Democracy and Workers' Rights Centre 2010-03-18 [Ma'an News Agency]
Qatar
Study on domestic workers complete 2009-09-30 [Peninsula] Qatari Labor Minister: No Intention to Lay off Egyptian Labor or Cut Wage due to Political Differences with Cairo 2009-06-11 [Al Masry Al Youm]
Nepali workers donate blood in clinic organized by union 2008-11-07 [The Rising Nepal]
Saudi Arabia
Seeking deportation, workers protest 2009-11-04 [TNN] IFJ Welcomes Saudi Withdrawal on Decision to Flog Female Journalist 2009-10-28 [IFJ]
IFJ Condemns 2009-10-26 [IFJ]
Tunisia
Unionists discuss communication in Tunisia 2010-03-12 [International Metalworkers Federation] Young Tunisian engineers face fake work contracts 2010-03-03 [Magharebia]
IFJ Seeks Release of Tunisian Journalist and End to Media “Intimidation” 2010-02-19 [IFJ]
United Arab Emirates
New booklet outlining rights, duties of foreign workers launched following reports of workers’ rights abuses 2010-02-14 [The Media Line] Booklet on the Rights of Workers released 2010-02-11 [Khaleej Times]
New York University adds worker rights rules to Middle East Abu Dhabi campus contract 2010-02-04 [Al Masry Al Youm]
Yemen
IFJ Accuses Yemen of 2010-03-12 [IFJ] Yemen Gas Company workers postpone strike 2010-03-02 [The Yemen Observer]
Safer Employees strike postponed 2010-02-28 [The Yemen Observer]
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