PRC-UTE
20th April 2009, 11:09
LabourStart.
In this week's mailing:
* East Jerusalem workers appeal for support
* Arab railway workers in Israel face discrimination, job loss
* May Day 2009
_*East Jerusalem workers appeal for support*_
Twenty one Palestinian workers from East Jerusalem who have been
employed by the Israeli Antiquities Authority have lost their jobs in a
bid by the employer to get around the law. They are victims of the kind
of outsourcing many of you will be familiar with in your own countries.
They've launched an international appeal for support and it's important
that we flood their employer with messages of protest from around the world.
Please click here to send off your message today
<http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=504>
-- and spread the word!
_*Arab railway workers in Israel face discrimination, job loss*_
We've received an appeal from Sawt el-Amel, an NGO based in Nazareth,
protesting the decision by Israel Railways to deny employment to
railroad crossing guards who lack a permit to carry weapons. As such
permits are usually only issued to army veterans, 150 Arab employees now
face the sack. To learn more and to send off your message of protest,
please visit the Sawt el-Amel website
<http://www.laborers-voice.org/article_details.aspx?TopID=964&catid=46>.
_*May Day 2009*_
May Day is perhaps the only holiday celebrated by both Israeli and
Palestinian workers. In many countries it is an enormously significant
day, celebrated by millions. In others, it has never been particularly
important, or has long been in decline.
I think that the revival of May Day is essential for a strengthened
labour movement everywhere and for the renewal of international labour
solidarity.
May Day book cover.
<https://ssl30.pair.com/unionist/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?rrc=N&pg=prod&ref=mayday&affl=labourstart>This
year, I encourage all of you to learn more about *our* day, the first of
May, by purchasing copies for yourselves and your union of May Day: A
Short History of the International Workers' Holiday
<https://ssl30.pair.com/unionist/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?rrc=N&pg=prod&ref=mayday&affl=labourstart>.
This 184-page illustrated paperback is a great introduction to the
history of May Day.
LabourStart is pleased to offer it as our book of the week for only
$10.00.
At that price, you should order several copies.
Remember that every book you order helps support LabourStart's
campaigning activities.
Thank you.
Eric Lee.
Eric Lee
In this week's mailing:
* East Jerusalem workers appeal for support
* Arab railway workers in Israel face discrimination, job loss
* May Day 2009
_*East Jerusalem workers appeal for support*_
Twenty one Palestinian workers from East Jerusalem who have been
employed by the Israeli Antiquities Authority have lost their jobs in a
bid by the employer to get around the law. They are victims of the kind
of outsourcing many of you will be familiar with in your own countries.
They've launched an international appeal for support and it's important
that we flood their employer with messages of protest from around the world.
Please click here to send off your message today
<http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=504>
-- and spread the word!
_*Arab railway workers in Israel face discrimination, job loss*_
We've received an appeal from Sawt el-Amel, an NGO based in Nazareth,
protesting the decision by Israel Railways to deny employment to
railroad crossing guards who lack a permit to carry weapons. As such
permits are usually only issued to army veterans, 150 Arab employees now
face the sack. To learn more and to send off your message of protest,
please visit the Sawt el-Amel website
<http://www.laborers-voice.org/article_details.aspx?TopID=964&catid=46>.
_*May Day 2009*_
May Day is perhaps the only holiday celebrated by both Israeli and
Palestinian workers. In many countries it is an enormously significant
day, celebrated by millions. In others, it has never been particularly
important, or has long been in decline.
I think that the revival of May Day is essential for a strengthened
labour movement everywhere and for the renewal of international labour
solidarity.
May Day book cover.
<https://ssl30.pair.com/unionist/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?rrc=N&pg=prod&ref=mayday&affl=labourstart>This
year, I encourage all of you to learn more about *our* day, the first of
May, by purchasing copies for yourselves and your union of May Day: A
Short History of the International Workers' Holiday
<https://ssl30.pair.com/unionist/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?rrc=N&pg=prod&ref=mayday&affl=labourstart>.
This 184-page illustrated paperback is a great introduction to the
history of May Day.
LabourStart is pleased to offer it as our book of the week for only
$10.00.
At that price, you should order several copies.
Remember that every book you order helps support LabourStart's
campaigning activities.
Thank you.
Eric Lee.
Eric Lee