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…
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Histadrut, gov’t agree deal, averting a major strike
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Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini and Finance Minister Yair Lapid announced an agreement on the state budget that will avert a major strike. Following difficult negotiations, the unions agreed to postpone a wage increase, but the government confirmed the agreement on…
Israel to ban public sector strikes?
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According to reports in Israeli media today, “The Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance Ministry are threatening to ban workers belonging to some of the country’s most powerful unions from striking, by adding a clause to the Economic Arrangements bill.”…
Histadrut wins, government concedes, and airlines strike ends
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According to this report in the Jerusalem Post, the general strike called by the Histadrut which effectively shut down all the country’s airlines has resulted in a victory for the unions. The Post reports that “in staff-level meetings between the…
Unions call general strike at all Israeli airlines
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According to this report on the Histadrut website (in Hebrew only), all Israeli airlines will be subject to general strike beginning Sunday morning at 05:00. The strike is over the impending decision by the new coalition government to impose an…
Another win in the fight against precarious employment
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The Histadrut, likes unions around the world, has focussed a great deal of attention on precarious employment — the replacement of good, permanent, union jobs with outsourced, temporary and non-union labour. And it has won some victories in recent months.…
“We love to break records” say Israeli trade unionists in successful organizing drive
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Israeli unions are running up one organizing victory after another in a series of campaigns that would be the envy of trade unionists everywhere — if only so many of them weren’t busy boycotting the Histadrut. The latest win is…
Histadrut chief ‘ready for battle’ with government
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According to an article in the Globes daily financial newspaper, Histadrut chairman Ofer Ein is ‘ready to do battle’ with the new coalition government. Columnist Shay Niv writes that “Eini takes care to state that the power of the Histadrut…
Another organizing success for the Histadrut - this time in a kibbutz factory
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The Histadrut, Israel’s national trade union centre, has announced a third successful organizing drive in the last month and a half in the western Galilee region. This time, the target was the 150 employees of T.A.G. Medical Products, located at…
Jerusalem: Union protest disrupts public security ministry
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According to this report in the Jerusalem Post, “employees of the Public Security Ministry left work for the day on Sunday to participate in a labor protest outside the ministry in Jerusalem.” The workers are protesting over “a Finance…