Unions

After airport strike chaos

Airports Authority targets union chairman

Two days after chaos at Ben Gurion Airport, the Airports Authority moves against union chairman Pinchas Idan and seeks review of his term extension.

Airport union chief warns Ben Gurion chaos could return

Ben Gurion Airport could face renewed disruptions as Israel Airports Authority union chairman Pinchas Idan refuses to guarantee the crisis is over and blames management for the airport’s manpower shortage.

Congress urged to defend Jewish graduates from 'pro-Hamas' union

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation writes to House Committee about the danger posted to Jewish graduates forced to pay dues to the anti-Israel union, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.

Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce:

The aborted Histadrut strike was a move against Israeli workers

The Histadrut call for a strike was a serious misstep for the Israeli economy. It is disheartening to see unions, meant to be the bedrock of worker advocacy and economic stability, hijacked by their leadership to serve political agendas that jeopardize the very economy they are supposed to protect. Op-ed.

'Go talk rubbish on the BBC'

Former UK union boss calls Israel terrorist state

British host James Whale kicks the keffiyeh-clad National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers' former senior Assistant General Secretary, Steve Hedley, out of the studio after he calls Israel, US, and Britain 'terrorist states'.

MKs drop support for privatization under union pressure

Two of the supporters of a debate on privatizing state-owned companies have withdrawn their backing due to union pressure against the move.

Australia:

Education union anti-Israel motion slammed as a ‘disgrace’

Motion by country's higher education union denounces IHRA def., seeks ties with Palestinian Arabs and makes spurious claims against Israel.

UK union launches ‘Jewish faith workers branch’

One of Britain's biggest trade unions creates new unit for Jewish community employees.

Major UK union passes motion denouncing antisemitism

Motion calling out antisemitism by one of Britain's largest trade unions passes unanimously with support of leadership.

Workers push to unionize at the Jewish Museum in New York

Employees at NY Jewish Museum launch unionization drive joining other cultural institutions that have been destabilized by the pandemic.

San Francisco union shelves BDS resolution

SF union goes against rising trend of labor groups putting forward BDS resolutions, much to the outcry of many pro-Israel union members.

UK train drivers union magazine article calls Zionism ‘racism’

Article in union's monthly magazine by a union secretary also accuses Israel of "apartheid and ethnic cleansing."

Largest US teachers union to vote on extreme anti-Israel motions

National teachers union's anti-Israel motions will "only add more fuel to the fire" of rising anti-Semitism, says StandWithUs.

'We're being sent into battle without armor'

Schooling up to third grade is set to resume next week. Are teachers being forced to choose between their jobs and their health?

Anti-Trump teacher discrimination n the USA

Taking the UK University College Union to court for antisemitism

B'nei Brith: 'Canadian postal union aligned with PA'

B'nai Brith slams Canadian postal workers union after it aligns with pro-terrorism Palestinian Authority union.

Firefighters shout down commissioner as tensions rise

Graduation ceremony deteriorates into shouts and name-calling. 'This is an unprecedented disgrace.'

Ben Gurion Airport to Become 'Sabbath Observant' This Week

This Shabbat, Ben Gurion will become 'Sabbath Observant,' as workers walk off the job for 24 hours.

'Cereal Law' Could Throw Many Out of Work, Union Says

A new law designed to increase competition could cost thousands of Israelis their jobs, union officials fear

Work Dispute, Prelude to Strike, Declared at Israeli Hospitals

The Histadrut labor union on Thursday declared a work dispute in all of Israel's hospitals. A strike could evolve within weeks.