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Monthly Issue/February 2022

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Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar David. (Photo: Jonathan Bloom)

Collective Agreement to Raise Wages for 15,000 Administrative Workers in Public Hospitals. Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar David: “This gives workers a feeling of being seen, workers who have been leading the fight against COVID-19” | The agreement will include an immediate wage increase, and a further installment in January 2023

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen, Dafna Eisbruch 0

Workers in the entertainment and events industries demonstrate outside Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s home in Ra'anana. (Photo: Hadas Yom Tov)

Self-Employed Workers Protest outside Bennett’s Home: “It’s Time You Paid Attention to the Little People”. Protesters, many working in tourism and entertainment industries, demand government compensation for losses incurred by Omicron variant | Meetings with Prime Minister and Finance Minister are unproductive

By Hadas Yom Tov 0

The Histadrut headquarters in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Histadrut spokesperson)

Histadrut Establishes Watchdog Committee to Investigate Israel's Cost of Living. The committee consists of professionals and experts in economics, and will create an alternative index to the consumer price index, in order to reflect the lower deciles | Histadrut chair: “We will be here to make sure that every greedy action has consequences”

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0

Prime Minister Naftali Bennet at a press conference (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/Government Press Office)

In New Plan to Address Price Hikes, Hi-Tech Workers will Get More than Single Mothers. Bennett and Lieberman’s plan to combat the rapidly rising cost of living will only widen the economic gaps in Israeli society | Income tax credits will direct more money to high-wage earners while the unemployed, the disabled, and the elderly are not mentioned | Opinion

By Tal Kaspin 0

Razi Abu Sabitan (on left) and Ahmad Ziad Asiad (on right). Both were killed after falling through faulty scaffolding on the 42nd floor of Bavli Tower in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Private albums)

Two Construction Workers Are Killed at Tel Aviv’s Park Bavli Towers. The families of the two young men who were killed at a construction site accident share about their loved ones’ lives and dreams, and the dangerous and exploitative nature of working in construction | “Do you all really value the lives of your workers so little?”

By Hadas Yom Tov 0

Farmers protest against proposed agricultural reforms. (Archive Photo: Tom Eldar)

Farmers to Prime Minister: “What Hamas and Hezbollah Didn’t Manage to Destroy, the Agriculture Reform Will”. A recent letter from leaders of farmers’ movement expresses support for reforms in the agricultural sector, but claim that the current proposal would hurt Israeli farmers and consumers | “The proposed reform would be a death sentence for Israeli agriculture; it would represent the State of Israel losing its way”

By Maya Ronen; Tal Kaspin 0

Taxi driver Ya'akov Ofri: "I understand that everything has a cost, but the government needs to do something to make it easier" (Photo: Hadas Shem Tov)

The Face of Protest: Small Business Owners Speak Out Against Price Raises. An already tenuous economic situation for many small businesses following the pandemic has become nearly impossible: “I expected economic relief from the government, but they act as if nothing happened. Instead the prices go up” | “The country is rich, but the people are poor”

By Hadas Yom Tov 0

Osama Amar, a social worker, at a demonstration in 2020. (Photo: Private album)

Israeli Unions Strike Less over the Past 20 Years, Study Shows. Strikes are used as a last resort to protect the most vulnerable workers, according to a study by the Arlozorov Forum | Both official and de facto restrictions on the right to strike are impeding Israeli workers from making greater use of the bargaining tool

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen 0