Labour news from the Middle East
Algeria
Teachers vow more strikes 2010-02-25 [Magharebia] Striking Algerian doctors take to streets 2010-02-19 [Magharebia]
Teachers to hold a one-week strike before February 25th, 2010-02-14 [Zawya]
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
Sleeping on concrete: A tale of worker protests 2010-03-11 [Al Masry Al Youm] Hyde Park comes to Cairo 2010-03-10 [Al Masry Al Youm]
MPs lash out at govt privatization policies : blamed for the forced dismissal of thousands 2010-03-09 [Al Masry Al Youm]
Iran
Workers’ Protest in Isfahan 2010-03-07 [Iran Labor Report] Union Leaders Under Attack 2010-03-07 [Iran Labor Report]
Where Life Reeks of Death: Working Women and Child Laborers 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
ITUC condemns Israel settlement plans 2010-03-11 [ITUC] Municipal workers set to strike over state funding for services 2010-03-10 [Ha'aretz]
Histadrut head proposes Bank of Israel salary compromise 2010-03-09 [Globes]
Jordan
FINE Hygienic Paper Company supports the General Trade Union of Workers in printing, publishing and paper 2010-02-24 [albawaba] PM gets report on how to resolve dispute over sacking of 256 day labourers 2010-02-23 [Jordan Times]
Union membership dues raised for engineers 2010-02-15 [Jordan Times]
Kuwait
‘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]
Union created for Kuwaiti doctors 2010-01-28 [Zawya]
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
Strike shuts down Morocco's public sector 2010-03-09 [Magharebia] Transit unions threaten strike over new highway laws 2010-02-01 [Magharebia]
Saudi airline attempts to quash Moroccan aviation workers’ union 2010-01-22 [ITF]
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
Civil servant strike called off after PA meets demands 2010-03-11 [Ma'an News Agency] PCBS: 15% of women in Palestinian labor force 2010-03-09 [Ma'an News Agency]
Israel to resume issue of visas for foreign NGO workers in West Bank 2010-03-09 [Ha'aretz]
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
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]
UGTT Executive Board's consideration message to Head of State 2010-01-26 [ISRIA]
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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