Rally for public housing in Jerusalem, November 2011 (Photo: Activestills)

Hadash MKs demands public housing in national housing law

The Internal Affairs and Environment Committee will not pass Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s (Yesh Atid) National Housing law unless he adds a public housing component, committee Hadash MKs said on Monday. Hadash MKs hammered Lapid for not focusing enough on affordable and public housing in the law. “Affordable housing isn’t putting a family in a…

Asylum seekers and refugees strike, January 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Asylum seekers are forced to forgo the right to strike

Asylum seekers returning to work after the strike last January were required to sign contracts undermining their employment conditions. According to Noa Kaufman, Coordinator for Refugee and Asylum Seeker Workers in Kav La’Oved, soon after the asylum seeker workers employed in restaurants, hotels, and maintenance went out on strike, many of their employers came out…