In the first six months of 2019 alone, 43 were killed in workplace accidents – construction industry and the commerce and services sector have shown the biggest rise in fatalities. Forty-three workers were killed on the job in the first six months of the 2019, the highest number of fatalities for January-June in the past…
Police have not opened criminal investigations in 75 percent of job site accidents from 2016 to 2018 that led to deaths or severe injuries for workers, according to figures released under freedom-of-information laws. Police records show that of 850 worksite accidents during those years in which police were called in, only in 212 did officers…
Almost all of them believe the prime minister is destroying Israel’s democratic values and sacrificing the Zionist dream by avoiding a two-state solution. TEL AVIV, Israel—After six years away, Ehud Barak, Israel’s most decorated soldier and a former prime minister, last week made a dramatic return to political life ahead of September’s repeat election. Barak…
Congress recognises and applauds the leadership role played by the ITUC in supporting the struggles of all democratic unions throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and the recent establishment of the ITUC-Arab regional organisation. The impact of Israeli- Palestinian conflict on the rights of all workers in the region and their families – Palestinians,…
(1) Policy on Israel & Palestine reaffirmed by the Australian Labor Party National Conference, December, 2018: Labor supports an enduring and just two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the right of Israel to live in peace within secure borders internationally recognised and agreed by the parties, and reflecting the legitimate aspirations of the…
Support for ending the 50 years of occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with resolutions 242 and 338 of the UN Security Council, with the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of Israel from all Palestinian lands along with the dismantling of the separation wall. In line with our commitment…