Independent workers' committees in Gaza

Submitted by AWL on 18 September, 2005 - 11:32

Last year, prior to the January 2005 election for the Palestinian Authority presidency, the workers began preparations for the establishment of an independent workers' organization [in Gaza, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz].

They held their founding conference on December 18, 2004, at which an-Najjar was elected chairman and a general secretariat was elected, which includes 21 representatives, including five women. Heads of the organization say that approximately 8,000 workers have registered as members; they pay annual membership dues of NIS 10...

The Hamas movement, which recently established a workers' association of its own, offered them to take part in a demonstration it organized. At a meeting held last month at the main office in Khan Yunis, they turned down the offer; they realized their most important asset is organizational independence...

Read more at the Haaretz website.

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