Organized Jewish labor today protested against the fact that the Histadruth has been permitted to have only one delegate at the international trade union conference which opened today, while the Arab labor organizations have three delegates. The larger Arab representation was secured as a result of intervention by the Palestine Government’s Labor Department with the British Trade Union Congress which called the conference, the Palestine Hebrew press charges.
At the same time, the Histadruth sent greeting to the Trade Union Congress Coupled with an appeal that the world labor movement, as represented by the London gathering, should not confine itself “to friendly resolutions only” with regard to the Jews in Europe, but should insist on speedy action for the rescue of the remaining Jews and on the opening of Palestine to every surviving Jew who may wish to go there.
(In London it was stated today that the Histadruth was given two seats at the conference.)
The Histadruth today announced that it will abolish the practice of employing hired labor in Histadruth cooperative establishments where 1,200 wage workers are now employed, The decision was taken at the Histadruth conference last week following a debate during which many speakers pointed out that the practice of hired labor tends to convert the Jewish labor cooperatives into “capitalistic enterprises,” and that this is contrary to the ideals of the Histadruth.
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