In 2007 building criticism of the PGTFU culminated in the creation of the Federation of Independent & Democratic Trade Unions & Workers' Committees in Palestine, representing over 50,000 male and female workers in independent, democratically elected unions and workers' committees across the West Bank and Gaza."Establishing Conference for the Coalition of Independent and Democratic Trade Unions & Workers' Committees in Palestine July 25, 2007" ; Advocacynet, July 25, 2007 Mohammad Al-Arouri, formerly of the PGFTU, is a main coordinator of the new federation."Unemployed workers demonstrate against poverty" Stand Up, Take Action - UNDP site, October 17, 2007"Statements in Occasion of Workers' Boycott Call"; Stop the Wall Campaign, February 11, 2007
