Agriculture

Palestinian workers in the Jordan Valley settlements

Trafficking of persons in the agricultural sector in Israel

A Land Devouring its Workers: Neglect and Violations of Migrant Agricultural Workers’ Right to Health in Israel

2020 Snapshot: Migrant workers from Thailand in Israeli agriculture

Kav LaOved 2018 Report: The Highest Number of Palestinian and Migrant Workers this Decade – Most of them Pay to Work in Israel

September Newsletter: Hidden Ways to Exploit Workers

This month at Kav LaOved: Hundreds of millions of Shekels are stolen from asylum seekers, fatalities in the construction sector reach record ­high

The Lives of the Workers that Cannot Vote Are Worthless

Foreign Students Are Exploited for Agricultural Work – Without Fair Wages or Social Rights

The Women Left Unprotected by the Law – Female Migrant Workers in Israel

Five migrant workers were recognized as victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery

Five years in cramped squalor, misery and neglect

If Minister Kahlon doesn’t uphold the agreement signed with the Thai government to ensure the workers’ pension rights – we will appeal to the supreme court

The Price They Pay, For The Price We pay – A Report

The Bilateral Agreements Petition: Did We Convince The Goverment?

When racism meets exploitation – agricultural “trainees” from South Sudan felt the taste of Israeli xenophobia

This Thai worker sustained the most severe injuries in the Gaza envelope – and Israeli society turned its back on her

Thai agricultural workers in the Gaza envelope are torn between their desire to make a living and their desire to live

After a decade of evading responsibility, the Knesset Committee on Labor & Welfare takes step in ensuring the rights of migrant agricultural workers

Do not hold the passports of migrant workers you employ

Kav LaOved – Workers Hotline is searching for a Thai speaking fieldworker

Run Out of Town for Teaching Farm Workers Their Rights – +972 Magazine Article

Vote on Increasing the Sums of Money Farmers Can Collect from Migrant Workers Postponed – Haaretz Article

Thai Migrant Worker Sues Employer for Utilizing Power Relations and Sexual Exploitation – TheMarker Article

Kav LaOved Speaks in Labor and Welfare Commitee On “Agricultural Day”

The Farmer Double Standard – TheMarker Article

Kav LaOved files a class action for 100,000,000 NIS, alleging widespread fraud of foreign students and the Israeli authorities

A motion for the approval of a class action lawsuit was...

Kav LaOved Conducts a Field Visit to a Moshav

New Kav LaOved Report: Below the Minimum

To Work at All Costs

The report points out that the reduction in child allowances and...

The Coalition Agreement Will Cause Severe Violations of Migrant Workers’ Rights

Allegations Made by Human Rights Organizations are Confirmed by the State Comptroller

The Feminization of Migration

In the last 50 years, women’s international migration has expanded in...

NII Insensitivity towards Non-Israeli Workers

National Insurance Institute encumbers medical treatment to workers who are not...

A Raw Deal: Abuse of Thai Workers in Israel’s Agricultural Sector

Human Rights Watch has released a 48-page report on abuses suffered...

New tax regulations discriminate against migrant workers

Recently a new legislative reform was issued regarding the income taxation...

MK: Infiltrators were offered work in agriculture, but after a week they ran away

Israel’s Dirty Secret: Inhumane Conditions for Thai Workers

Foreign workers are the new Kibbutzniks

Foreign Workers Now Teach Jews How To Farm — on the Kibbutz

Israel cuts Thai interpreters from Health Ministry translation services

Israel is once again becoming a slave trader

They were promised a school of agriculture in Israel, but in practice it was a scam

Kav LaOved during Operation Protective Edge

During the summer of 2014 Kav LaOved helped hundreds of workers...

How Much will the kibbutzim deduct from foreign workers in agriculture wages?

How Much will the kibbutzim deduct from foreign workers in agriculture wages?

Detour

Students participating in international agriculture study programs are working as migrants...

Report: Below the Minimum

A new report published by Kav LaOved warns of the danger...

Impact of Bilateral Agreements on Recruitment

The JDC, Ruppin Academic Center, and the Center for International Migration...

The Writing Was on the Wall

Narakorn Kittiyangkul, a worker from Thailand who worked in agriculture in...

Only the Flowers are Protected

Deplorable living quarters, health issues due to unsafe use of pesticides,...

Presentation: Safety and Health at Work

Following Kav LaOved's meeting with EU-OSHA, we have created an interactive...

Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 5

In a series of posts that appeared in the blog-based web...

A bitter Shavuot harvest

As the festival of Shavuot approaches, it is important to remember...

Worker Exploitation: How the State Supports Businesses

In honor of May Day we lift our heads to confront...

Summary of Labor Violations by Genesis Fresh Herbs Ltd.

This complaint was made in response to the extremely troubling violations...

Position paper for the Knesset on migrant agricultural workers

This position paper, submitted to the Knesset, discusses the exploitative conditions...

Who takes care of the foreign workers?

The denial of medical services to foreign workers, who are morally...

Israel’s Health Ministry to probe into deaths of Thai farmers

Ministry's regulations for the safe handling of pesticides are not properly...

‘Mysterious syndrome’ claims lives of dozens of Thai farm workers

Forty-three farm laborers from Thailand died from what is termed 'sudden...

Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 4

In a series of posts that appeared in the blog-based web...

Women’s rights in the field

The personal and professional needs of migrant women working in agricultural...

Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 3

In a series of posts that appeared in the blog-based web...

Protecting All Workers’ Rights

Jerusalem Post Op-Ed contributor demonstrates how the government of Israel must...

Subsidies in the Form of Exploited Foreign Workers

Half a billion ILS a year are stolen from migrant agricultural...

Reports on Agricultural Workers and Gender-Specific Violations

Two new Kav LaOved reports on the situation of migrant agricultural...

Worker Strikes For Rights And Is Deported To Thailand

Workers in Agriculture at Moshav Sade Nitzan strike for working conditions....

Home Field: Visiting Agricultural Workers in Israel, Part 1

Shmita for the land, so why not for the workers?

Agricultural workers should be treated with the same respect and consideration...

Praiwan Seesukha, a Thai migrant worker in his late 20s, died in Kfar Vitkin in Israel

On May 22, 2013, Praiwan Seesukha, a Thai migrant worker in...

Agricultural Workers Forced to Live in Squalid Conditions

Just as migrant workers are made invisible to Israeli labor law,...

972 Magazine- Improper Residence: The Squalid Conditions of Israel’s migrant workers

HaOketz – Migrants, Workers, Exploited

Agricultural women workers: 1 female among 40 males

A female worker in agriculture is forced to live among men...

שינוי נוהל אינטר ויזה בעקבות התעקשות קו לעובד

בהמלצת "קו לעובד" נעשה שינוי בנוהל המאפשר לעובד שלא ניתן למצוא...