Monthly Issue/January 2021

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Bar-David: "Netanyahu's Lockdowns Wiped-Out Hundreds of Thousands of Self-Employed". Netanyahu attacked unions to garner political support from the "Shulmanim" self-employed organization | Coalition chairman Miki Zohar: "A large part of the employees are Likud members. They should not be harmed" | Yair Katz, Chairman of the IAI Workers' Council: "Likud Chairman is expected not to turn his back on workers and the Histadrut"

By Davar 0

Biden Commits to Support Organized Labor - So Why Can’t Israel? Firefighter and union leader Andrea Hall said Pledge of Allegiance at Biden’s inauguration, signifying shift | In Israel, even leftist parties sing the praises of the free market | Opinion

By Gil Plotkin 0

Supermarket Cashiers Not Prioritized for Vaccine, Despite Serving Hundreds of Customers a Day. Histadrut requests government ministries to vaccinate workers at supermarket chains | "Thousands have gone into quarantine, gotten infected and infected others. The weakest workers remain exposed"

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0

Cleaners, At High Risk, Are Low Priority for Vaccination. Yossi Barbie of the Histadrut: "These workers are engaged in a labor environment that exposes them to a high risk of contracting the coronavirus and thus endangers their lives"

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0

Government Reneges on Secure and Direct Employment for Hospital Cleaners. Head of Public Sector Workers’ Union in Histadrut: "Short-term employment in public hospitals is illegal and violates the agreement the government signed with the unions six years ago."

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0

30 Years After the Gulf War, Emad Levy Recounts Iraqi-Jewish Perspective. Emad Levy immigrated to Israel ten years ago, making him one of the last members of Iraq’s Jewish community to leave | In Iraq, he lived through both Gulf Wars and spent a decade working to support the shattered Jewish community

By Shai Nir 0

The Last of Korczak’s Orphans has Died. Yitzhak Belfer, the last surviving resident of Janusz Korczak’s orphanage in Warsaw, passed away at the age of 98 | He took it upon himself to carry forward Korczak’s legacy by publishing his writing and reinforcing his educational philosophy: “take children seriously and have an open dialogue with them”

By Oren Dagan 0

Climate Change Deals Blow to Israeli Agriculture. 2020 continued a growing trend of weather-related damage to agriculture | Pandemic exposes importance of Israel’s food security and independence

By Mor Hupert 0

Sewing the Masks that Saved Them. How a collective of African asylum seekers in Israel managed to protect their livelihoods during the pandemic

By Yael Elnatan 0