Union

Ben-Gurion Airport delays stretch into third day as strike effects continue

IAA workers’ union chairman Pinchas Idan rejected allegations of responsibility during an interview with KAN, instead blaming the airport manager for the chaos.

|ByAARON GLICK
Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, August 23, 2026.
Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

Israel education system short 3,000 teachers, raising fears over quality of learning

Israel faces a shortage of 3,000 educators, including 200 kindergarten teachers, raising concerns that unqualified staff may have to teach unfamiliar subjects or oversee two classes at once.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN
Members of the National Education Association and allies in Congress rally outside Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation hearing on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.

ADL and JCPA diverge over teachers union, exposing a divide over how to fight antisemitism

The unusual public dispute between the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League brought to the fore a tension over how to fight antisemitism within schools and unions.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Walla News building in Tel Aviv, on March 20,2020.

Labor court blocks Walla layoffs, overhaul pending talks with journalists’ union

The ruling explained, in a unionized workplace, a company cannot proceed with layoffs before giving the union the information needed to understand, question, and offer solutions to the plan.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

El Al bidder is Jewish-American businessman's son

El Al has signed agreements with the cabin, administrative, and technical unionized workforce sectors, while the pilot union has yet to sign a deal with the company.

JULY 13, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
El Al crew practices social distancing after landing in Perth to bring Israelis stranded in Australia back home