Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory PalestineConstructing Boundaries examines the competition, interaction, and impact among Jewish and Arab workers in the labor market of Mandatory Palestine. It is both a labor market study, based on the Split Labor Market Theory, and a case study of the labor market of Haifa, the center of economic development in Mandatory Palestine. Bernstein demonstrates the impact of the pervasive national conflict on the relations between the workers of the two nationalities and between their labor movements. She analyzes the attempts of Jewish workers to construct boundaries between themselves and the Arab workers, and also highlights cases of cooperation between Jewish and Arab workers and of joint class struggle. |
Contents
The Split Labor Market of Mandatory Palestine Actors Sectors and Strategies | 19 |
Jewish and Arab Labor | 22 |
Jewish Labor | 23 |
Arab Labor | 25 |
The Differential Value of Jewish and Arab Labor | 29 |
The Economic Sectors of Palestine | 33 |
Interrelations | 34 |
From Sectors Back to Actors | 39 |
Haifathe Center of Heavy Industry | 116 |
Shemen and NesherNahum Wilbush and Michael Pollak | 118 |
The Tobacco and Cigarette IndustryMabruk and Hajj Tahir Qaraman | 124 |
When Working Together | 132 |
The Nur Match Factory | 133 |
The Nesher Quarry | 134 |
Mosaica Tile Factory | 136 |
To Conclude | 138 |
Alternative Strategies | 42 |
HaifaGrowing and Growing Apart | 48 |
Expanding Communities and New Neighborhoods | 53 |
Demographic GrowthAbsolute and Relative Change | 54 |
Spatial Growth the Formation of New Neighborhoods | 55 |
Haifathe Political Context | 61 |
Spheres of Cooperation and the Pull of Segregation | 63 |
Social Relations | 64 |
Municipal Relations | 65 |
Economic Relations | 67 |
Arab and Jewish Labor | 70 |
Jewish Labor | 74 |
Wages and Differentials | 76 |
To Conclude | 80 |
ConstructionCompeting at the Work Site | 83 |
ConstructionCompeting at the Work Site | 85 |
Dilemmas and Organization | 88 |
Wages and Competition | 92 |
The Borrowski Building | 99 |
To Conclude | 107 |
Manufacturing IndustryAlmost Separate | 109 |
Trends in Manufacturing in Palestine | 111 |
Arab Industry | 113 |
Mutual Impact | 114 |
The Haifa Port Entering the Gateway | 140 |
The Haifa Port and the Issue of Jewish Labor | 141 |
The Labor Force of the Haifa PortMajor Trends | 147 |
Exporting the Citrus Crates | 149 |
In the Customs Transit Shed | 154 |
Working Together Acting Together? | 161 |
To Conclude | 164 |
The Palestine Railways Here We Are All Natives or the Limits of Cooperation | 166 |
Trends in the Labor Force of the Palestine Railway | 170 |
The Palestine Railway and Its Internal Organization | 174 |
Wage and Conditions of Service | 180 |
Joint Action and Joint Organization | 186 |
Together Within a HistadrutOriented Organization 19191927 | 187 |
The Joint Committee 19281936 | 193 |
Two Organizations and Three Strikes 19391947 | 197 |
To Conclude | 204 |
Conclusion | 206 |
Glossary | 217 |
Abbreviations | 219 |
Notes | 221 |
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