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Labour news from the Middle East


Algeria

Oasis Towns Clamor for Jobs in Shadow of Al-Qaeda 2013-04-23 [Bloomberg]
First independent catering union launched in Algeria 2013-04-23 [IUF]
Imams Set up Trade Union and affiliate to National Union Centre to Counter Salafists 2013-04-04 [The North Africa Post]


Bahrain

Amnesty lists Bahrain teacher union, health worker, nurse union leaders as prisoners of conscience in annual report 2013-05-24 [Amnesty International]
Alba employees honoured on International Labour Day 2013-05-09 [AMEinfo]
Open Letter to the Parliament regarding the bill presented by the Government to reform the law on associations 2013-05-09 [OMCT]


Egypt

A First national strike in Egypt 2013-05-24 [IndustriALL Global Union]
Angry Suez Canal Authority workers in Port Said storm conference worried about Muslim Brotherhood influence over their workplace 2013-05-24 [Ahram Online]
Freedom of association threatened by draft law - Egyptian civil society says 2013-05-24 [Ahram Online]


Iran

Factory workers protest over nine months of unpaid wages 2013-05-22 [NCRI]
Current state of Vahed Workers Syndicate and State Labor Organisations 2013-05-19 [Iran Labor Report]
Vahed Workers Syndicate asks ITF to file complaint to ILO 2013-05-19 [Iran Labor Report]


Iraq

Simplified Visa Procedures For Foreign Oil Worlers 2013-05-24 [Al-Monitor]
Judge Grants Another Delay in Oil Ministry Case Against Union Leader 2013-05-20 [USLAW]
Court case against Iraqi oil union leader starts May 19 2013-05-17 [Stronger Together]


Israel

Histadrut chair tells PM to bring his wildcat ministers to order 2013-05-24 [Globes]
Minister Bennett puns about exterminating port workers - calls them ants 2013-05-24 [Globes]
Netanyahu tries to bust Israel's powerful port union 2013-05-24 [Bloomberg]


Jordan

Gender Pay Discrimination in Jordan: A Call for Change 2013-05-22 [ILO]
Gender pay gap widest in manufacturing industries 2013-05-20 [Jordan Times]
Interior Minister talks with ILO about concerns of competition between Syrian refugees and Jordanian workers for jobs 2013-05-20 [Jordan Tmes]


Kuwait

State oil service workers on strike over pay - Union 2013-05-24 [Steel Guru]
Oil worker strike hits Kuwait 2013-05-22 [Upstream]
Oil sector workers on strike over pay -union 2013-05-22 [Reuters]


Lebanon

Three union leaders accuse Gvt of doing nothing to oppose sectarianism, civil strife and security chaos 2013-05-24 [Lebanon Daily Star]
Union accuses Finance Ministry of adopting stall tactics on wage hike 2013-05-24 [Lebanon Daily Star]
PM vows to send wage hike to Parliament 2013-05-19 [Lebanon Daily Star]


Libya

Scores of Egyptian migrant workers deported from Libya for 'illegal entry' 2013-05-24 [Ahram Online]
Strike hits Libyan Airlines suspends bookings 2013-04-12 [Libya Herald]
Workers end strike at Libya's Ras Lanuf refinery -source 2013-02-12 [Reuters]


Middle East

Maid to work: Gulf labourers hope for day off 2013-05-01 [Al Jazeera]
600,000 workers 'tricked and trapped' into forced labour in Mideast –– ILO 2013-04-15 [Jordan Times]
Report: 600,000 forced labor victims in Middle East 2013-04-13 [CNN]


Morocco

Different seasons of the Arab spring: reports from Morocco and Tunisia 2013-04-27 [Talking Union]
Thousands march as Morocco’s labour unions protest economic reforms by Islamist-led government 2013-04-01 [The Record]
Thousands march in Rabat to protest government policies 2013-03-31 [Al Arabiya]


Oman

Ministry of Manpower to intensify summer work hours inspection to book offenders 2013-05-22 [Gulf News]
Muscat airport workers end safety strike 2013-03-14 [Gulf Daily News]
Muscat Airport construction shutdown after death of employee 2013-03-13 [Muscat Daily]


Palestine

ITF Gaza fund gets off to flying start 2013-05-24 [ITF]
Nablus teachers union chief resigns amid dispute 2013-05-24 [Ma'an News Agency]
Teachers' union to abide by court decision on exam dates 2013-05-22 [Ma'an News Agency]


Qatar

Unless Qatar improves its treatment of workers, the World Cup vote must be re-run, unions tell UEFA Congress 2013-05-24 [TUC]
Union Activists: Uefa must threaten to re-run 2022 vote 2013-05-24 [Morning Star]
Who wants an Indonesian maid? Trafficking in Qatar 2013-05-22 [Migrant Rights]


Saudi Arabia

Kingdom, Philippines sign labor agreement 2013-05-20 [Saudi Gazette]
Illegal workers storm Egypt’s consulate in Jeddah 2013-05-19 [Daily News Egypt]
Indian workers fear effect of Saudi crackdown 2013-05-14 [AJ]


Tunisia

In solidarity with Tunisian and Egyptian workers IUF, US unions shake up Mondelez shareholders meeting with call to end human rights abuses 2013-05-24 [IUF]
Time Has Come to Reach Consensus to Create Glossary of Democratic Transition - UGTT Secretary General 2013-05-18 [TAP]
Ennahdha Walks Out of UGTT Dialogue Session in Reaction to Zied Lakhdhar's Remarks 2013-05-18 [TAP]


United Arab Emirates

Striking Dubai workers face mass deportation 2013-05-24 [Al Jazeerah]
Laborers in Rare Strike for More Wages 2013-05-24 [The Wall Street Journal]
Striking workers in their own words 2013-05-24 [Al Jazeera]


Yemen

Kidnapped Red Cross workers released in Yemen 2013-05-16 [AJ]
Yemenis reel from Saudi labour crackdown 2013-05-16 [AJ]
Workers honored, the backbone of the nation's economy 2013-05-03 [Yemen Times]
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