From: Democracy and Worker’s Rights Center (DWRC), Sawt-el Amel (Labourer’s Voice), Oxfam GB

Event: Press Conference for Oxfam partners DWRC & Sawt-el Amel. “The State of Labour under Siege” May Day Event.

Date: May 1, 2010

Time: 12:30 P.M.

Venue: Bader Flour Mill, Al Sudaniya, Gaza

Subject: Oxfam’s partners DWRC and Sawt-el Amel will discuss the state of labour in Gaza under the siege. Former workers from the Bader Flour Mill and workers left unemployed by the closure of the Erez  industrial zone will share experiences with unemployment and aid dependency 3 years into the siege of Gaza.

For more information in English please contact Willow Heske at 0597133646 or wheske@oxfam.org.uk

For more information in Arabic please contact Nasser Barakat at 0599880259 or nbarakat@oxfam.org.uk