Ṣawt al-ʿĀmel Newspaper, Issue No 24 October 1998

Printed in black-and-white and colour, issued in Arabic, this 8-page periodical features the 24th issue of Ṣawt al-ʿĀmel Newspaper, published in October 1998 in the newspaper's fourth 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. The World's Trade Unions Express their Solidarity with the Palestinian Trade Unions, 2. What Do Economy Experts Think of the Shekel Fluctuations and How it Affects the Economy and Workers Wages, 3. Diaries from the Seige on Hebron, 4. A Female Worker for 17 years, Her Employer Acknowledges 5 Months, 5. Employment Needs Skills Development; Annual Workers' Productivity Estimated at 40 Thousand Dollars, 6. Trade Unions in Jordan and Palestine Agree on a Joint Action Plan, 7. The Female Workers' Rights According to International Covenants,  8. Lights On: the Palestinian Workers' Conditions in the Israeli Industrial Zone; Barkan, 9. How Social Partners View the Palestinian Labour Code, 10. The Opening of the Labour Solidarity Meeting with the Workers and the People of Palestine, 11. A Palestinian Delegation Visits Yugoslavia.