The union for local employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) yesterday announced a two day strike starting today in the occupied Palestinian territory after talks with organisation reached an impasse. A joint committee representing the unions of employees from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip said in a statement that the UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem, as well as all main offices and regional offices in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, would be completely closed on today and tomorrow. The statement added that UNRWA employees in the health sector would also go on a two-hour strike on 2 November, and that all UNRWA-affiliated schools in the West Bank … Continue reading UNRWA employees to strike