From Sunday workers have been demonstrating by the gates of the plant, located in Ramat Hovav (Photo: Histadrut Negev District)

Teva workers in the Negev went on strike

Workers at the Teva-Tech plant in the Negev went on strike Sunday morning in protest against their pay and work conditions. The workers have been demonstrating by the gates of the facility, located in Ramat Hovav, which belongs to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. The employees claim that 60% of the plant’s employees earn the minimum wage,…

Racist campaign in Jaffa: "Silence the Muezzin in Jaffa? Only the Likud can." (Photo: Hadashot Yaffo)

Election Committee banned racist ads used by the Likud in Jaffa and Karmiel

The Central Election Committee on Thursday banned campaign ads used by Likud candidates in the Karmiel and Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipal elections, saying they were racist and offensive. Central Election Committee Chairman Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran ordered the candidates to stop the campaigns immediately, deeming them “racist and almost certain to hurt the feelings of…

The protest against the Israeli separation wall that runs through Bil'in, Friday, October 18, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Dozens of Palestinians injured at Bil’in protest

Dozens of Palestinians suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation and one was wounded after being shot by a tear gas canister as Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators in the West Bank town of Bil’in on Friday afternoon. Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli peace activists and international activists were taking part in a protest against the…

A new settlement on A-Dik Palestinian village terrains (Photo: Activestills)

Peace Now: 70% rise in settlement construction starts

New settlement construction starts rose by 70% in the first half of 2013 compared with a year earlier, Peace Now said Thursday, describing the increase as “drastic”. According to figures released by the anti-settler group Peace Now, the construction of 1,708 new homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem began between January and June…

Teva-Tech workers' committee chairman Avraham Zohar speaks during a workers assembly held on Monday (Photo: Histadrut – Negev Region)

Teva-Tech workers leader: We’ll break the company

The workers committees at Oil Refineries in Haifa Bay and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries all over Israel are planning to fight managements’ decisions to fire 240 employees at Oil Refineries and 700-1,000 employees at Teva. On Monday Teva-Tech workers’ committee chairman Avraham Zohar threatened “to break the company”.   “In Petah Tikva, there are employees with…

"The people demands public housing" (Photo: Activestills)

MK Khenin criticizes Public-Housing Act

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash), chairman of the lobby of the right to housing in the Knesset, strongly attacked the approval of the public-housing act that would expand and extend the activities of the National Housing Committees. “Instead of analyzing the failure which is reflected by the lack of approved residential apartments and a complete absence…

Teva's senior staff at the New York Stock Exchange (Photo: NYSE)

Teva Pharmaceuticals’ massive layoffs

Pharmaceutical giant Teva announced Thursday that starting soon and until the end of 2014, it will go through a comprehensive wave of layoffs in Israel and abroad. The job cut will see some 5,000 employees laid off, with an estimated 800 to lose their jobs in Israel. The wave of layoffs is part of a…