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On May 1st 2014, The Democracy and Workers Rights Center in Palestine, the Independent Labor Committees Union - Gaza Strip (ILCU) and other independent unions celebrated May Day in the streets of Gaza city with thousands of workers, raising slogans for a national strategy to end Israeli occupation, the siege on Gaza, reduce unemployment and improve the standard of living. A joint memorandum endorsed by DWRC, ILCU, and the union blocs of leftists political factions was submitted to the Legislative Council in Gaza, praising the national reconciliation deal and calling for the rescinding of all unconstitutional laws and regulations adopted throughout the period of the political split. In particular, the memorandum requested the prompt cancelation of two laws that have been adopted in the Gaza Strip and violate workers rights and freedoms, the Union Law no 2 of the year 2013 that entered in force on 12/6/2013, which severely restricts freedom of association and the right to organize, and the Civil Law no 4 of the year 2012, which by its articles 414-795 imposes an extremely short statute of limitation for filing cases in court in order to reclaim labor rights.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 07:50:13 +0000

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