Ṣawt al-ʿĀmel Newspaper, Issue No 19 September 1997

Printed in black-and-white and colour, issued in Arabic, this 8-page periodical features the 19th issue of Ṣawt al-ʿĀmel Newspaper, published in September 1997 in the newspaper's third year. Ṣawt al-ʿĀmel is a trade union monthly newspaper, issued by the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions since the 1990s, edited by ʿĀtef Saʿd and distributed for free. The issue embraces variegated articles, news, and labour issues including: 1. A Colour Photograph of Yasser Arafat during hist Visit to the New PGFTU Headquarters- Nablus, 2. What Is Going on Inside the Israeli Industrial Zone, 3. 300 Palestinians Working in Primitive Work Conditions, 4. Stone Saws are Death Traps for Workers, 5. A Trade Union Delegation- Led by the Union's Secretary-General Visits Sol-Or Factory, 6. International Officials Warn Against an Economic Disaster, 7. The Bitter Bread, Again: A Palestinian Feeds his 6 Children by Working in a Settlement on his Stolen Land 8. The confrontation between Jewish Extremists and Palestinian Workers, 9. The Death of the Trade Union Leader; Musa Quwayder, 10. The Construction Industry in Gaza; Glimpses of the Blockade, 11. A Good Business Agreement in the Tailoring Sector, 12. An Eyewitness Refutes the Occupation's Story about the Death of the Shaheed Mahdy Alawne, 13. The Lights are Shed on The International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions, 14. Eliminating the Palestinian Workers Drives More Tension to this Region.