Archiv: Histadrut (union)


02.09.2024 - 16:56 [ El Pais ]

Israel’s anti-Netanyahu strike ends early and fails to bring the country to a standstill

The strike began at 05:00 local time and was expected to last 24 hours but at midday a court ordered it to end, considering it “political” and “unrelated” to the issue for which it had been called. Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David announced to the labor court that he was considering a petition to suspend it that would end the action at 18.00. However, the court ordered the strike to end at 2:30 p.m. and Bar-David responded by urging workers to return to their posts.

During its short duration, the strike failed to paralyze Israel.

01.09.2024 - 20:50 [ Times of Israel ]

Masses around Israel demand Gaza deal as nation recoils from murder of 6 hostages

Labor federation chief Arnon Bar-David says hostage release stuck due to ‘political considerations,’ most of labor market will strike as of 6 a.m. Monday

01.09.2024 - 19:46 [ APNews.com ]

Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza

Grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home.

Israel’s largest trade union, the Histadrut, pressured the government by calling a general strike for Monday, the first since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that started the war.

01.09.2024 - 17:17 [ Times of Israel ]

National labor union announces one-day strike: ‘A deal is more important than anything else’

Histadrut Labor Federation chief Arnon Bar-David announces a general strike set for tomorrow over the failure to release hostages held in Gaza, stating that “a deal is more important than anything else.”

08.05.2024 - 22:02 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Histadrut coordinated nationwide strike with PM‘s office – coalition member

(March 30, 2023)

The strike on Monday of Israel‘s largest worker‘s union, the Histadrut Labor Federation, was coordinated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s inner circle, a senior member of the coalition confirmed on Thursday.

08.05.2024 - 21:40 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Histadrut Head Urges Early Elections, Hostages Families Demand ‘General Strike Now’

The head of the Histadrut labor federation urges again far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to set a date for early elections, indicating that if the premier refuses, the organization could take steps aimed at forcing his hand.

Speaking at a conference hosted by Yedioth Ahronoth on Wednesday, May 8, Arnon Bar-David declares that Netanyahu and his government “cannot avoid responsibility for the failures of October 7.”

Last year, when protests against the same government’s divisive judicial overhaul plan reached a tipping point following Netanyahu’s firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Histadrut declared a general strike, helping force the prime minister to walk back that decision and to pause the overhaul.

22.12.2023 - 22:42 [ Tali / Twitter ]

Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David as photographed last week during a visit to two weapons factories: #Elbit Systems and IAI. On a shell intended for use in bombings in the Gaza Strip he wrote: „The people of Israel live. Greetings from the Histadrut and the workers in Israel

25.07.2023 - 21:43 [ Haaretz ]

High Court Must Decide if It Will Defend the Last Embers of Israeli Democracy or Help It Commit Suicide

Such a nightmarish spectacle had never been seen in Israel: The president, the prime minister, the chairman of the opposition and the head of the country‘s largest labor federation were trading proposals on the issue of judicial review as if they were cryptocurrency.

24.07.2023 - 21:34 [ Reuters ]

Israel‘s main union to discuss declaring general strike

The head of Israel‘s main public sector union said on Monday he would meet with other union officials to discuss the possibility…

24.07.2023 - 11:23 [ IsraelHayom.com ]

Intense talks as reform bill heads for final vote; mega firms announce strike

The Histadrut labor federation proposed a scaled-down version of the bill but has chosen not to call a general strike in the public sector, saying it will the talks play themselves out until noon, at which point a decision would be made.

24.07.2023 - 11:10 [ Times of Israel ]

Yesh Atid MK defends Lapid over last-ditch talks: Israel in ‘a catastrophic situation’

Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar defends the decision by opposition leader Yair Lapid’s party to take part in talks to restrict the scope of the “reasonableness” bill and pause the rest of the judicial overhaul as further negotiations are held.

“There are moments in life when you can’t only make political calculations. Someone needs to be the adult in the room,” she tells the Ynet news site.

23.07.2023 - 19:15 [ Haaretz ]

Former Shin Bet chief: Bill will lead to Rabin‘s assassin being released

It will allow „liars, thieves, or maybe even rapists and murderers“ to be elected to the Knesset, form a coalition, and run as president, Ayalon, formerly commander of the navy and the Shayetet 13 navy commando unit, said. „Yigar Amir, the murderer of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, will be pardoned and it‘s likely that he‘ll run for the Knesset.“

23.07.2023 - 18:23 [ Times of Israel ]

Likud, protest leaders reject labor union’s compromise overhaul bill

Likud minister David Amsalem launched a public attack on Bar-David, anticipating that the latter could end up launching a nationwide strike.

“I remind you that you represent workers who are mostly Likud people who are struggling to make a living,” Amsalem tweeted. “The issue of the judicial reform should be decided in the Knesset, not in the corridors of the Mapai-like Histadrut,” he argued, citing the workers’ party that was a precursor to left-wing Labor and was the ruling party for Israel’s first three decades.

23.07.2023 - 13:15 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Lapid meets with Histadrut leader amid talks of widespread strike

Lapid and Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David reportedly discussed the outline for dialogue that the chairman and his colleagues had recently presented to the prime minister.

Bar-David said after meeting with Lapid: „I will continue to turn over every stone and work with all my might to try and find the right compromise.

23.07.2023 - 13:01 [ Haaretz ]

Lapid meets chief of Israel‘s labor federation amid calls to shut down the economy

Following the meeting, Lapid said he commends „the efforts of the chairman and the framework set by the Histadrut as a basis for shared dialogue.“ Bar-David said „I call on the other parties to show responsible leadership.„

23.07.2023 - 12:34 [ Times of Israel ]

Lapid meets with union chief in Tel Aviv, amid protesters’ pressure for strike

Opposition leader Yair Lapid is meeting with Histadrut labor federation chair Arnon Bar-David in the latter’s office in Tel Aviv.

Bar-David has come under pressure from anti-overhaul protesters to call a strike over the coalition’s bill to curb the authority of the courts.

22.07.2023 - 23:19 [ Times of Israel ]

Protesters rally outside Histadrut HQ in Tel Aviv

Anti-overhaul protesters are rallying outside the Histadrut’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, as chief Arnon Bar-David holds “emergency” deliberations amid calls for the labor federation to declare a strike.

22.07.2023 - 23:10 [ Times of Israel ]

Israel’s top labor union holds emergency meeting on judicial overhaul

Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David is facing intense pressure from opponents of the judicial shakeup to declare a general strike to stop the bill to limit court oversight of government decisions.

The meeting was to include other senior Histadrut officials and Dov Amitai, head of the Israeli Presidency of Business Organizations. According to reports Friday, Bar-David and Amitai met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently to try to find a compromise deal.

17.07.2023 - 16:49 [ Haaretz ]

Israeli Pro-democracy Protesters Pressuring Trade Union to Call for General Strike

As the Netanyahu-led gov‘t prepares to further advance a key component of the legislation, the leaders of the protest movement are pressuring the Histadrut to call for a general strike across Israel

16.07.2023 - 07:17 [ Haaretz ]

Israel Protest to Ramp Up as Knesset Plans to Continue With Judicial Overhaul

These include ones putting pressure on the head of the country’s largest federation of trade unions, with the aim of shutting down the national economy.

The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will convene at 9:30 A.M. Sunday to continue deliberations on repealing the reasonableness standard used by courts in their review of government decisions.

11.07.2023 - 19:39 [ Times of Israel ]

Netanyahu, union chief deny reports they coordinated on Monday strike

(30 March 2023)

Kan news, citing unnamed sources, reported that Yonatan Urich, an adviser to Netanyahu, coordinated with Histadrut officials throughout the day on the timing and content of press conferences held by Netanyahu and the labor union’s Bar-David. It also said the premier’s wife Sara spoke with officials close to Bar-David, telling them to pressure the government to work towards broad agreements on judicial reform.

11.07.2023 - 19:28 [ Times of Israel ]

Roads blocked in Tel Aviv as demonstrators march toward Histadrut labor federation headquarters

Many protesters have been angered that the labor federation has not called a general strike after a bill to radically curb judicial oversight over government decisions was passed overnight in its first reading.

In late March the union joined a daylong general strike triggered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s since-reversed decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for calling to pause the judicial legislation amid growing unrest over the overhaul. The strike was called off the same day after Netanyahu agreed to pause the legislation to allow for negotiations with the opposition.

11.07.2023 - 19:15 [ i24news.tv ]

‚Day of Disruption‘ blocks roads, airport, vows to shut Israel down

Organization leaders say marches, convoys and demonstrations were planned, calling also for a general labor strike to protest the Israeli judicial reform

27.03.2023 - 12:58 [ Times of Israel ]

Ben Gurion departures halted as Histadrut declares ‘historic’ strike over overhaul

“We are all worried about Israel’s fate,” Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David said during a press conference alongside business leaders and public officials. “Together we say, enough!”

“We have lost our way — this is not about left or right,” he continued. “We can no longer polarize the nation.”

The announcement came ahead of an expected statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is freezing the legislation.

20.07.2016 - 10:42 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Runs Amok in His Attack on Freedom of the Press

Well, Communications Minister Netanyahu’s mood recently hasn’t just been his typical obsession to control, smash, run over, weaken and strike at the pockets of Israel’s free press. It’s simply a mood of running amok.

Every schoolchild knows that Netanyahu’s cynical move to postpone the launch of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation by a year and a half (a move in which he was joined by Histadrut union chief Avi Nissenkorn for his own reasons), is designed both to give the corporation an undignified burial and leave the weakened, needy and dying Israel Broadcasting Authority in place.

18.07.2015 - 09:47 [ Kommunistische Partei von Israel ]

Thousands of Contract Workers Demonstrate in Tel-Aviv towards a Nation-Wide General Strike

Thousands of contract workers, Jews and Arabs, protested on Thursday, July 16, at the Habima Square in downtown Tel-Aviv as part of the struggle being waged by labor unions to reduce the number of contract workers being employed by public institutions. The hiring of contract personnel, who do not enjoy the benefits earned by union employees, is an ever increasing phenomenon in recent years, consistent with neo-liberal policies. Among the demonstrators at the Thursday protest were leading activists from Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel. Negotiations are currently underway between the Ministry of Finance and unions belonging to the Histadrut labor federation which recently threatened a nation-wide strike if a deal is not reached by July 22.