The Israeli encirclement, which has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for 13 years, has had a major impact on the lives of workers, especially after the production of factories and workshops has stopped due to the ban on the importation of necessary goods.
Union sources have revealed that the encirclement and destruction of infrastructure caused by war in all productive and industrial sectors has caused an unprecedented increase in the unemployment rate. At the end of 2019, the unemployment rate reached 54.9% (295,000 unemployed) in the Gaza Strip, while the poverty rate exceeded 80%. The rate of people receiving humanitarian aid has reached 60% of the total population.
In this context, the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions in Gaza explained that the Israeli encirclement has led to the deterioration of the industrial and productive sectors and that the maritime sector employs only 40% of the fishermen who are estimated at 3700 people. And to add that the agriculture sector remains the sector most affected by this encirclement because of export bans.
The General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions in Gaza has said that 80% of construction sites have suspended work while the food industry has seen more than 500 of its factories destroyed by the occupying forces during the war. the last war. In the textile sector, the electricity crisis has caused factories to fire thousands of workers.
In a statement, the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions in Gaza called on the international community to put pressure on the occupying forces in order to lift the unjustly imposed encirclement of the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian authorities and the government to support the workers.
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