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Article

27 Mar 2020

Author:
Tula Connell, Solidarity Center

Middle East & No. Africa: Unions educate workers on rights during the Covid-19 outbreak and push for fair treatment

"Covid-19: Unions mobilize across Middle East/ No. Africa," 24 Mar 2020

Unions and worker associations are mobilizing to educate workers about their rights... and push for fair treatment at the workplace...

Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF) convened a meeting in recent days with leaders of migrant worker associations and the Solidarity Center to discuss such issues as expired residency, late salaries and unsafe living arrangements...

Teachers’ Union in Jordan [fund] to assist workers throughout Jordan, and called on the government to launch a health fund... urging unions, affiliates and business to donate...

Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) undertook an array of outreach to safeguard workers’ health...

Probationary workers in Tunisia won back their jobs at a Dutch-owned call center after an employer fired them under the pretext of the novel coronavirus.