by Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Demonstrators don orange jumpsuits, conduct mock jailing, hanging to protest job cuts, which trade unionists say will affect 1,000 people
UNRWA employees don orange jumpsuits to protest job cuts
by the aid agency in Gaza City, Wednesday
Photo: Reuters
Palestinian employees of the U.N.'s agency for Palestinian refugees protested job cuts, Wednesday.
Those joining Wednesday's protest said they feared job losses among UNRWA's 13,000 employees and cuts to services.
Donning orange jumpsuits, protesters conducted a mock jailing and hanging to dramatize their point.
They marched to the agency's headquarters in Gaza City holding banners that read "employees' rights are not for bargaining."
The United Nations agency that helps
Palestinian refugees said earlier this year it would reduce jobs in Gaza
and the West Bank following U.S. budget cuts.
The job losses, which trade unionists say will eventually affect 1,000 people, have prompted protests in Gaza.
UNRWA has said it faces a shortfall of more than $200 million after the United States slashed funding earlier this year, having promised $365 million for the whole year.
Washington said the agency needed to make unspecified reforms and called on the Palestinians to renew peace talks with Israel.
UNRWA, which runs 278 schools in Gaza attended by some 300,000 students, has made an international appeal for funds.
Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/09/20/unrwa-employees-protest-job-cuts-in-gaza-city/
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