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Israel: Port workers union leader, accused of corruption, steps down
Alon Hassan, the head of the powerful port workers union in Israel, has stepped down from his post following allegations of corruption. According to this report in the Times of Israel, it has been alleged “that companies owned by Hassan, who has served as chairman for eight years, receive preferential treatment at the port and… »
Israel: Breakthrough as young workers at McDonald’s unionize
According to this report on the website of the International Union of Food workers (IUF), “The largest youth employees’ committee of Israel was established on June 3 and thousands of McDonald’s employees have joined the ‘Histadrut Working and Studying Youth Union’. Workers are now demanding a collective agreement, better wages and improved working conditions.” In… »
ITUC report: “enforcement of labour law – weak”, “breaches of labour law – common” in Israel
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has just released its Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights. The report, which covers nearly every country in the world, offers a scathing critique of labour rights in Israel — particularly the treatment of migrant and Palestinian workers. “The enforcement of labour law is weak and breaches… »
Netanyahu surprises Histadrut and his own ministers with proposed new anti-strike laws
According to this report in the daily business newspaper Globes, the Netanyahu government is proposing new legislation that will restrict workers’ right to strike in certain sectors. Among those being targetted are port workers, the electricity company, the railways and the health care system. The proposal surprised the Histadrut national trade union centre “especially in… »
Another organizing win for the Histadrut – in the Knesset
Parliamentary aides in Israel, as in other countries, often work long hours for little pay. This week, aides to members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, announced that they had formed a trade union affiliated to the Histadrut, the country’s national trade union centre, and were keen to open negotiations with their employer over terms and… »
Netanyahu “calls in the army to bust strike” – not in the ports, but in the foreign service
The ongoing dispute between employees of Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the government has now led to charges that Netanyahu is using an Israeli military attache to arrange his trip to Warsaw — effectively deploying a serving officer in the Israel Defense Forces to break a strike. According to a report in Ha’aretz headlined “Netanyahu calls… »
Eini to Netanyahu: Bring your ministers under control – and apologize to us
In an extraordinary letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel’s trade union movement Ofer Eini has publicly called for Netanyahu to reign in ministers such as Naftali Bennett who have recently taken to using extreme language in their attacks on workers. The letter, published on the Histadrut website in Hebrew is the strongest… »
Netanyahu’s Minister of the Economy ramps up the rhetoric – jokes about ‘exterminating’ port workers
It started with a secret plan to bring in troops to break a potential port strike. That was followed by threats to move work to ports in neighboring countries. But now Netanyahu’s far-right Minister of the Economy, Naftali Bennett, has gone one step further — he’s joked publicly, on Facebook, about ‘exterminating’ port workers. Here’s what… »
Transportation Minister: We’ll use ports in Jordan, Greece, Cyprus or Turkey to break union
Following up on reports earlier this week that the Israeli government was considering using Israel Defense Forces troops to break a potential port workers strike, the Transportation Minister Israel Katz now says that there are other options as well. According to this report in the Jerusalem Post, “Should strikes continue, the CEO of the Israel… »
Israel: Ports battle shaping up as gov’t threatens ‘war’ on workers, threatens to deploy army as strike-breakers
The language of Israel’s new finance minister Yair Lapid couldn’t be clearer: “Let there be war.” Lapid was referring to the impending battle over privatisation of Israel’s state owned ports. Unions are defending the port workers and especially their right to bargain collectively and to strike in the face of an unprecedented attack by the… »