Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, PBC and WAFA are “official media institutions”
“The [Palestinian] Journalists’ Syndicate held an initial meeting of the workers’ committees of the Al-Hayat Al-Jadida newspaper, the Public Palestinian Television and Radio Authority (i.e., PBC – Palestine Broadcasting Corporation) and the WAFA [official Palestinian] news agency, at its headquarters in El-Bireh yesterday [May 21, 2014].
Nasser Abu Bakr, Omar Nazzal, Muntasir Hamdan and Nabhan Khreishah from the Syndicate were present at the meeting, during which they reviewed and discussed the draft of the collective labor agreements [to be signed] between the above official media institutions and the journalists who work for these institutions. In addition, numerous amendments and suggestions for the draft of the agreements were submitted, and official letters were sent to the managements of the above institutions in the name of the members of the workers’ committees of these institutions, so that separate meetings be held in the future with the representatives of these institutions, to separately discuss the specific affairs and needs of each media institution. At the final [stage], meetings will be held with all members of the workers’ committees, to produce a collective labor agreement for each government media institution.”
Nasser Abu Bakr, Omar Nazzal, Muntasir Hamdan and Nabhan Khreishah from the Syndicate were present at the meeting, during which they reviewed and discussed the draft of the collective labor agreements [to be signed] between the above official media institutions and the journalists who work for these institutions. In addition, numerous amendments and suggestions for the draft of the agreements were submitted, and official letters were sent to the managements of the above institutions in the name of the members of the workers’ committees of these institutions, so that separate meetings be held in the future with the representatives of these institutions, to separately discuss the specific affairs and needs of each media institution. At the final [stage], meetings will be held with all members of the workers’ committees, to produce a collective labor agreement for each government media institution.”