Workers in Gaza … a double suffering in the shadow of the war of extermination

Citizenship, Sana Al -Bardawil, was working in a small sewing operator to support her sick husband and her five children, before she cut off the extermination war launched by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip, her livelihoods. My husband is sick, it is unable to work, and I support five children. All sewing concerns were closed due to the power outage, the absence of fabrics, and the danger of mobility. We live one day, sometimes we do not eat anything & quot;. The case of the Citizen, as the state of the majority of workers and workers in the sector who lost their work and the strength of their day, as a result of the unprecedented destruction that affected establishments, factories, companies, banks, and others. Citizen Khaled Al -Dabous, 55, recalls in an interview with & quot & quot; his work days in the field of construction as someone who conjures up a previous life, says: & quot; I have been working in construction for more than thirty years. I stopped working more than a year and a half ago. Ten supporters, and we find no food for our day except from what some people are found. There is no work, neither in my field nor in others. Everyone is unemployed. From last March, which led to the endowment of relief materials and fuel fully. Participation in the workforce to reach about 30% compared to 40% in the third quarter of 2023, that is, before October 2023, and the results showed that the youth category (15-29) years greatly damaged, about three quarters of young people (74%) became outside education, training and the labor market. A member of the General Secretariat of the General Union of Palestine Trade Unions, Jamal Obaid, describes the reality of workers in Gaza as & quot; very tragic & quot;. Obaid assures & quot & quot; The continuous Israeli aggression against the sector caused a comprehensive destruction of infrastructure and economic and agricultural installations, which led to complete paralysis of the labor movement. He explains that the most prominent challenges include the lack of job opportunities, the shrinkage of the economy, the closure of the crossings, and the cessation of support. He says: & quot; before the war, unemployment was about 50%, and today it was exacerbated in an unprecedented way & quot. Obaid notes that the unions continue their role, work to document violations, push towards emergency operating projects, and educate workers about their rights, explaining that the union had started to hold trade union elections, as 40 sub -conferences and two general conferences were completed before the war began, but it stopped forcibly. The existence of a plan to restore union work, and cooperate with local and international institutions to provide assistance, pending the reconstruction phase that & quot; must include fair compensation to workers & quot; he said. Obaid notes that working women were severely damaged, especially in the agricultural sectors and home industries, noting the lack of job opportunities in front of them. As for the new graduates, their position was described as & quot; a tragedy within the tragedy & quot;, due to the absence of any programs that absorb them, and to diminish hope in the future. He adds: & quot; on the Day of World Workers, we raise our hats out of respect for the Palestinian workers in general, and to Gaza’s workers in particular, those who are patient counted, who are holding embers, who were patient and endured what the mountains cannot bear, and made the great sacrifices. We pledge to them to remain their voice, and defend them with all our power, for a decent life worthy of their dignity & quot, calling on international institutions to move immediately, launch development projects, and provide legal and trade union protection for workers, because they are the backbone of any national rise. The genocide committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip from October 2023, the lives of more than 170 thousand citizens between a martyr and wounded, the majority of them are children and women, and more than 11 thousand citizens were announced. & nbsp;

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