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Workers whose cases are currently pending (Dec. 2009)
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Women from Gaza received compensation from their former Israeli employers
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Sawt el-Amel's team in Nazareth (from left: Wehbe Badarne, director; Mahmoud Mira'i, Shafiq Mussallam, Sima Kenaneh, lawyers)
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…Thousands of workers from Gaza spent years working for private Israeli employers…When the Gaza Strip was sealed off, they lost their jobs, and the money owed to them, without any compensation…Today they are trapped in Gaza, unemployed, their families dependent on foreign aid…Sawt el-Amel is taking their cases to the Israeli labour courts…and determined to win…
As of November 2009, Sawt el-Amel’s lawyers have submitted compensation claims of 54 workers from Gaza, totaling more than 5 million shekel (USD 1.3m) worth of severance pay, unpaid holiday and overtime work and compensation for work below the national minimum wage. Another 130 cases are under investigation. Since the beginning of this solidarity project, we have faced bureaucratic obstacles in the legal process, and the latest challenge is of a financial nature: the employer’s lawyers have asked labour court to demand a 1,500 shekel (USD 400/EUR 270/GBP 240) security deposit from each worker as a condition to continue dealing with their cases. Deposits will have to be paid within 60 days of notification. Neither the workers themselves nor Sawt el-Amel can put up this amount.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Help a worker from Gaza secure justice by paying his/her security deposit required to continue legal action in the Israeli labour courts
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