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ארנון בר דוד (צילום: יונתן בלום)

Histadrut Chair Arnon Bar-David: “I Will Not Allow a Rich Country with Poor Citizens". In an exclusive interview with Davar, Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David shared his insights about the recent elections and the challenges facing Israel and its workers today

By Tal Kaspin and Gil Plotkin 0

The Meretz headquarters after early elections results. (Photo: Flash90)

Why Did the Left Lose? The bloc of parties working together to form a coalition against Netanyahu, known as the ‘change government,' dismissed the crisis around cost of living, and now it pays the price | Opinion

By Gil Plotkin 0

הפגנה מול מעון ראש הממשלה בירושלים (צילום: יונתן סינדל / פלאש 90).

It’s Time To Say Goodbye To The ‘Anyone But Bibi’ Political Project. Leftist parties have nothing to offer but transitional governments, political powerlessness and capitulation to the economic right | Renouncing Netanyahu may be justified, but making it into a guiding principle reflects a misplaced set of priorities

By Tal Kaspin 0

Chairman of the Histadrut, Arnon Bar-David. (Photo: Histadrut Spokesperson)

Histadrut Demands New Wage Agreement by January. Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David called for a wage agreement with the state in response to inflation and the rising cost of living, no matter the elections’ results | "Start dealing with this matter, put it on your agenda, because otherwise it will explode"

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0

Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island celebrate after unionizing. (Archive photo: AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Gen Z Leads The Pro-Union Revolution. Americans aged 25 and under show a 65% rate of support for labor unions, compared to a significantly lower rate of support among the older generations | Support transcends class, gender and political affiliation

By Hadas Yom Tov 0

Posters for Israel's fifth elections. (Photo: Flash90)

The 2022 Elections Through an Economic Lens. In the discourse leading up to the newest round of elections, the economy has not taken the foreground, and the division into political blocs does not clearly split into two opposing economic camps | A look at the parties’ plans, and what steps they’ve actually taken

By Tal Kaspin 0

Keren Ofek, Chairman of the Partner Workers' Union. (Photo: private album)

Israelis Have Already Voted for the Death of the Economic Right. The libertarian economic agenda pushed by Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked has led to the end of the economic right’s role in the political game | It seems that Israelis are fundamentally in favor of social consciousness, workers' rights and unionization, and solidarity

By Keren Ofek 0

People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers. (Photo: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters)

New Study Shows Union Members Are $1.3 Million Better Off. A new U.S. study shows that even though a union member works less, because of earlier retirement and fewer hours of work, their salary income is actually higher than a non union member | The longer their union membership, the more significant the effect on wages

By Gal Rakover 0

Chairman of the Pensioners' Association, Shmulik Mizrahi, at a demonstration protesting the cost of living. (Photo: Nizzan Zvi Cohen)

Ahead of the Elections, Retirees Make Their Demands Clear. Shmulik Mizrahi, Chairman of the Pensioners Association within the Histadrut, published a list of demands for all the parties running in the elections, and demanded their responses | "In Israel there are over a million elderly people worth about 20 mandates, they are entitled to know your position"

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0