The Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee approved on Wednesday, June 10, an ordinance that will allow fining contractors for safety failures found at their construction sites. The maximum sum of such fines would be NIS 35,280 (approximately $10,000). CEOs of construction companies that fail to correct safety deficiencies will be personally fined up to…
A crowd of thousands, Arabs and Jews, gathered in Nazareth on Saturday morning, April 29, to take part in the city’s annual May Day march. As well as marking International Workers’ Day, the demonstrators marched against the occupation and the government’s repression of Palestinians and the neo-liberal social and economic policies of Netanyahu’s far-right government.…
Palestinian workers entering Israel through the Eyal Checkpoint on Thursday morning, April 27, probably hadn’t expected to be handed flowers by members of the Knesset. But that’s exactly what happened at 5am on Thursday morning at one of the busiest checkpoints for Palestinian laborers from the occupied territories who cross into Israel each morning for…
The general strike of the entire public sector that had been planned for Tuesday, April 25, was called off late Monday afternoon after an agreement was reached between the Histadrut and the Finance Ministry guaranteeing the continued employment for personnel of the soon to be dissolved Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA). According to Histadrut, the Finance…
Towards this year’s May Day, the International Workers’ Solidarity day, several rallies will be held across Israel, in Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Kufr Yassif in the Western Galilee, and various others locations. Activists from Hadash (The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Young Communist League are involved in…
A general strike of public sector workers has been called for next Tuesday, April 25, to protest the firing of hundreds of Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) workers. Histadrut Labor Federation chairperson, Avi Nissenkorn, who announced the strike said he hopes that a fair solution will be found to resolve the dismissal of the IBA workers…
Despite his latest display of concern for the rights of workers of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Histadrut Labor Federation chairperson, Avi Nissenkorn, was once again targeted for a protest demonstration on Monday night, April 10, when dozens of IBA workers held their Passover Seder outside his home in Hod Hasharon to protest a deal…
Hundreds of privatized Haifa Chemicals workers protested in the streets of Tel Aviv on Tuesday March 28 and on the next day in Jerusalem against the closing of an ammonia plant, which could cause them to lose their jobs. During Tuesday’s protest in Tel Aviv, demonstrators flooded the Azrieli intersection in the heart of the…
Hundreds of workers of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) held protests on Sunday, March 19, in both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv against the electronic media entity’s pending closure. In Jerusalem, demonstrators protested possible layoffs from the public broadcasting entity that would ensue with the controversial establishment of the new Israel Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) which would…
Workers of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) briefly interrupted Channel 1’s flagship news program on Monday night, March 13, in a preview of labor actions planned to take place in protest against the imminent closure of the ailing public broadcasting network which is to be replaced by a new, state-run media conglomerate. An image of…