The International Labor Organization meets at the Al-Marsad
press release
2/4/2023
The International Labor Organization (ILO) mission to investigate the conditions of workers in the occupied Arab territories (Palestine and the Syrian Golan) visited the Golan for its annual report on the conditions of Arab workers in the Israeli labor market and under occupation. The mission, headed by Mr. Frank Hagman, a senior international Labor organization official, met at the Al-Marsad with several Syrian workers and activists to discuss the conditions of Syrian workers in the occupied Golan.
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