The UNRWA staff union has announced that its members will resume the open-ended strike in all sectors in the West Bank and Jerusalem as of Saturday.
In a statement the union said that its negotiations with the UNRWA administration failed due to the agency’s disregard for the initiative that had been put forward by the Palestinian Authority.
The union explained that the refugee agency ignored requests made by mediators to extend the duration of the negotiations with it and did not take any significant steps to move forward with the initiative.
On February 9 the union suspended the strike that started on January 23 in the occupied West Bank in order to give a chance for efforts to find solutions to contentious issues.
Recently the UNRWA administration refused a request filed by the UNRWA staff union demanding a pay raise for its members after a survey showed that they need a salary increase.
Instead of meeting the financial needs of its employees the UNRWA administration also suspended head of the union Jamal Abdullah and punished members of the union with salary deductions.
