Light Rail and Railway Workers End Disputes

Following months of heated negotiations over salaries and working conditions, a collective agreement was signed Thursday, November 19, between CityPass and the Histadrut Labor Federation representing Jerusalem’s light rail workers. The agreement – which will raise the salaries of most tram operators by 21.5 percent, to NIS 44 an hour through 2019 – comes one…

The Histadrut has approved labor disputes at a number of workplaces including Haifa Port, Israel Railways, and the Israel Military Industries.

Histadrut Okays Outsourcing-Related Labor Disputes

The Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) has authorized a number of labor disputes over outsourcing, two of the most prominent being at Haifa Port and Israel Railways. The labor dispute declared at Haifa Port, involving 1,100 port workers, is related to plans by port management to outsource operational work in a specific area…