According to figures released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Gaza’s unemployment rate increased by 3.5% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter last year, and now stands at 48.6%. This is a slight drop of 0.5% compared to the second quarter of 2020, apparently due to the lifting…
At the start of the month of October, the number of active jobseekers registered with Israel’s Employment Service Bureau was close to 1 million – or 995,700, 25 % of the workforce. However, as the lockdown was eased towards the end of the month the number had declined to 940,300. These data appear to be…
With the support of the Hadash workers faction, the Histadrut Labor Federation, Israel’s largest workers union, threatened on Sunday, November 8, to launch a general nationwide strike, demanding to pay wages to workers obliged to undergo quarantine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The union announced a general labor dispute, meaning that in 14 days it can legally…
Some 23% of workers in Israel, 938,000 people, were unemployed at the height of the second coronavirus lockdown, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The statistics refer to the first half of October and are based on a poll of the workforce. In the month before the second lockdown, unemployment was at 11.5%,…
As of Sunday, October 18, a total of 980,370 workers in Israel were unemployed — almost a quarter of the workforce, which numbers some 4 million, including 628,344 who have been furloughed and are still not back at their workplaces. An Employment Service report said that during September, women and young people were more likely to…
Eight days of strike action by technicians at publicly-funded testing labs ended Sunday evening, September 6, after an agreement was reached with the Health and Finance ministries that will include a wage increase for workers. The final details of the agreement are to be ironed out in the coming days, a statement said, but noted it…
Thousands marched in protest in Tel Aviv and Haifa on Thursday evening, August 27, calling on far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. In both of the simultaneous demonstrations protesters blocked roads and large traffic jams resulted in the two cities. The protest in Tel Aviv began in the city’s Rabin Square before spilling over into…
Medical lab workers announced on Sunday, August 16, that they will begin an open-ended strike in two weeks after negotiations between the workers and the Finance Ministry “blew up.” “Sadly the government ministries disparage us and drag their feet. No one in Israel’s government is in a hurry to regulate the activities of public laboratories and…
![Workers from Israel's Arkia Airlines demonstrated in Herzliya last Wednesday, July 29, demanding resumption of the service by their employer. The Histradrut union produced signs held by the protestors are all directed to "Nakash," the family name of the three brothers whose group owns the airline and numerous other enterprises. In the front line at the right the text reads: "Nakash – Zionism until [it comes to reaching into your] pocket!!!"; Behind this, the poster being held aloft reads: "Nakash – Your hotels are full but we are hungry!"](http://maki.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-08-02-220x126.jpg)
Increasing numbers of workers in Israel have reported feeling anxiety and concern over their ability to pay their bills during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported last week, releasing the results of a poll measuring what it called “civil resilience.” According to the CBS study, conducted earlier…
Thousands of social workers in Israel launched an open-ended strike on Monday, July 6, to protest poor wages, their constant exposure to the danger of violence, and the excessive workload they must bear due to the COVID-19 crisis. With the start of the strike, thousands of them and their supporters demonstrated at Habima Square in Central…