WAC Celebrates the First of May 2003

HUNDREDS from The Workers Advice Center (WAC) gathered in Haifa this year to celebrate the First of May. On view were 46 group pictures taken on the building sites, showing 600 Arab construction workers who have so far gained jobs through WAC. This is a tenfold increase from May of last year, when WAC’s campaign, “A Job to Win,” was four months old. 

The evening was full of fun and solidarity. It featured short speeches by WAC National Coordinator Assaf Adiv, construction worker Nassim Athamneh, and Yacov Ben Efrat, General Secretary of the ODA. The workers put on most of the performances, including much rousing music and a skit by their new Theatre Group. Actors of the Veto Theatre did an Arrabal play (see p. 12) and Gadi Eyal sang songs of protest. Asma Agbarieh, Coordinator for East Jerusalem, served as moderator. To close the event, WAC presented certificates and prizes to outstanding workers.

Here are some photographs from the event: