Tensions rise between UNWRA and its Gaza employees

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Employees at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency [UNWRA] in Gaza have stage a sit-in outside the Agency’s main headquarters where they raised banners and placards demanding dignity for employees and a reversal of the decision made to suspend Staff Union President, Suhail al-Hindi.
 
UNWRA decided to suspend al-Hindi for three months without pay on account of his trade union activities and has also given him a final warning.

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In protest against the decision, the Union of Arab Employees at UNWRA announced that staff across all Agency schools would suspend work for two hours.
 
Staff participating in the sit-in stressed their right to express their connection and belonging to the Palestinian cause and to their homeland.

MEMO Photographer: Mohammed Asad