The Palestinian National Council (PNC) praised the struggle of the workers of Palestine and the great sacrifices they make, and congratulating them on the occasion of International Labor Day, which falls on this Wednesday.
In a statement issued today PNC asserted that the workers of Palestine are the most important solid and broad assets which founded the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). They are at the forefront of the strugglers at all levels, they are the ones who bear the policies of the Israeli occupation of racism, injustice and oppression that they are subjected to as a result, and they who have patience for the hardship of living but steadfast in their land.
PNC called upon the International Labor Organization (ILO), the trade unions and associations in the world to defend and protect the rights of Palestinian workers in accordance with the international covenants on international labor standards, whereby the Israeli occupation practices the most egregious violations of international law, international conventions and human rights covenants that guarantee the workers' rights and dignity.
PNC called on the Executive Committee of the PLO and the Palestinian government to implement the decision of the PNC to develop legislations and laws that guarantee the economic and social rights of the Palestinian laborer class, and to promote trade union freedoms and social security, in accordance with the international covenants on economic and social rights and international and Arab labor standards.
PNC affirmed that it’s time to treat the workers of Palestine fairly, to release them of injustice and to achieve justice for them. PNC urges the world workers communities to declare their strong solidarity and support to Palestinian workers to live in freedom and dignity, in addition to ending the Israeli occupation to establish the Palestinian independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.