Sawt el-Amel Newspaper, Issue No. 27, June 1999

Printed by al-Ayyam Newspaper with ʿĀtef Saʿd as the editor-in-chief, this 8-page document shows issue no. 27 of Sawt el-Amel Newspaper, a monthly free newspaper published by the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions. Issued in June 1999, this issue features news pieces and articles themed on unionism as follows:  - With the adoption of a fair labour law that protects the rights of workers. - The election of a new Director-General for the International Labour Organization. - An article by Mohammad al-Arqawy entitled "What is Required from our Palestinian Unions?" - Male and female workers, send your concerns to the Legislative Council. - Workers beyond the Green Line are being scammed. - The activities of the General Union in Jericho. - Supplying twenty-two factories in the Gaza industrial area. - Activities of trade union councils in the governorates. - Knitting a collective work agreement with sewing workshops in Jenin. - Workers' demonstrations protesting the closure of Jerusalem. - A workers' march seeking a modern labour law. - A positive change in Palestinian society’s view of female involvement in nursing. - A private press interview with the President of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour. - The assassination of one hundred and twenty-three trade unionists in 1998.