Histadrut

Hundreds of shekels a year: The increase that will affect the pocket of every worker in Israel

After two years of freezes and cuts in the shadow of the war, an agreement was signed to update convalescence pay in the private sector to NIS 451.5 per day. How much will you gain from the move?

A new collective agreement to update the convalescence pay rate for workers in the private sector
Blades Technology plant in Nahariya

Pratt & Whitney's BTL plant in Nahariya to close

The president of the Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske speaks while meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 26, 2024.

Canada Labor Congress votes to cut ties with Histadrut

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026.

Miki Zohar summoned for Lahav 433 questioning as Histadrut chairman vows to fight for innocence


Histadrut head to 'Post': Government doesn't act without feeling pressure

Israel has missed a "lot of economic momentum" during the coronavirus crisis, according to Histadrut labor federation chairman Arnon Bar-David.

Histadrut labor federation chairman Arnon Bar-David addresses a press conference, March 10, 2020

Histadrut leader: Israel on verge of economic Yom Kippur War

"This is the final hour, the last call, before the total collapse of entire industries in the Israeli economy."

Histadrut labor federation chairman Arnon Bar-David

Workers protest as historic Beersheba ceramics factory to close

The floundering Harsa factory shut down and will transfer operations in nearby Turkey.

Lavatories in production at Harsa factory, Beersheba, 1959

Feiglin rails against ‘deep state’ in Tel Aviv mega-event

“It’s time to free the political system from the paralysis of the past 70 years,” Feiglin said.

Moshe Feiglin

Palestinian Workers call upon Israel against PA's Social Security Law

Opponents of the law charged that it was unfairly passed by presidential fiat in an unstable, "occupied" context.

An Israeli security guard walks as Palestinian workers wait to cross into Barkan industrial zone that is adjacent to the settlement of Barkan, in the West Bank October 9, 2018

General strike averted with deal to improve construction site safety

Three workmen fell as scaffolding collapsed at construction site.

Construction site in Petah Tikva where scaffolding collapsed on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Three workmen fall as scaffolding collapses at construction site

No injuries were reported as a result of the accident.

Construction site in Petah Tikva where scaffolding collapsed on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Histadrut orders 'lifesaving' general strike as workplace casualties grow

"If we can't find a solution, there will be a tough strike," Histadrut head Avi Nissenkorn said.

Eruv construction

Caregivers protest exploitation at demonstration in Tel Aviv

Over 150,000 patients receive service from 120,000 caregivers.

Care givers protest exploitation, Tel Aviv, October 10, 2018

Firefighters protest ‘destructive behavior’ of commissioner

The firefighters are protesting “severe damage to their working conditions, in view of the harsh reality of their ongoing activities in the past year, primarily the war on incendiary kites."

 Firefighters protest working conditions in Rishon Lezion on September 17th, 2018.