ACRI Attorney Sharon Abraham-Weiss was chosen by Israel`s leading business magazine, The Marker, as one of ten people who have had the most “positive influence” on issues relating to social and economic welfare in Israel. According to The Marker:
“Attorney Sharon Abraham-Weiss, from The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, is the leading attorney in the field of workers’ rights, and social and economic rights. Over the last two years ACRI has worked successfully to: cancel legislation initiated by the Ministry of Finance which linked parents` military service to the level of child welfare benefits; fought to prevent the inclusion of labor courts in the general judicial system; and worked within the framework of the “Forum for the Enforcement of Worker’s Rights” to amend the Minimum Wage Law and ensure its enforcement.
Abraham-Weiss was a leading figure in the submission of the Supreme Court petition by three social change organizations against the cuts in the guaranteed income stipend. The petition engendered a public debate on what constitutes a threshold for a “minimally dignified existence”; the level of state responsibility for ensuring that this threshold is upheld for its citizens; and the level of involvement of the court in legislative decisions. Together with other organizations, Abraham-Weiss worked to promote legislation that will impose legal sanctions on employers who fine their workers, and succeeded in achieving Knesset approval for a law obligating employers to hang a poster detailing workers’ basic rights in the workplace. As a result of continued pressure applied by Abraham-Weiss and other activists, the Ministry of Industry and Trade intends to begin distributing the poster in the near future.”
last updated : 19/09/05
