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Friday, November 13, 2026
Workers, Society and Economy in Israel Since 1925
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Hundreds of Cleaners Protest the Ministry of Economy’s Refusal to Enact their Pay Increase.
The employers’ organization representing the employers of 80,000 cleaners has agreed to raise their wages, but the Ministry of the Economy is dragging its feet |“If necessary, we will shut down the economy. Without cleaners, the economy can’t function for one day”
By
Nizzan Zvi Cohen
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6,200 Education Workers in the Shas Movement Unionize with Histadrut.
The Bnei Yosef – Ma’ayan HaChinuch HaTorani network is the first religious education network whose employees have unionized | Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David: “The Histadrut is the home for all Israeli workers, including Haredi, religious, and secular”
By
Nizzan Zvi Cohen
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Foreign Ministry Union Implements Dramatic Sanctions Following Labor Dispute.
Collective bargaining negotiations with the Finance Ministry have broken down, according to the union, following the ministry’s refusal to stop harming the wages and conditions of employment of the workers | Activity in Ukraine will be excluded from the sanctions
By
Nizzan Zvi Cohen
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Ukraine’s Secret Weapon.
Ukrainian women, who constitute 22.5% of the Ukrainian army, 21% of Parliament members, and 56% of the workforce, fight for equal rights and cope with violence | “Women today dare to want something other than to be the ‘Soviet woman’ and take on traditional female roles”
By
Hadas Yom Tov
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The Bennett-Lapid Plan is a Recipe for Deepening Inequality.
Israel’s tax burden on the working class is high relative to that of developed countries | Against the backdrop of a reduced deficit and rising tax revenues, the government could reduce gaps between citizens – but instead, they choose to do the opposite | Opinion
By
Tal Kaspin
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“Women’s Day” Not “Woman’s Day:” New Initiative Promotes Solidarity, Dialogue.
The Legaat B’zeh Center for Sex and Gender Education debuted a new educational exhibit on the subject of feminism, designed to create discourse on gender inequality | Tal Sharon Barnea, one of the leaders of the initiative: “Men and women, we are all on the same side, and we wanted to create a place to talk about it together”
By
Yael Elnatan
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Sanctions Against Russia Hurt Israeli Farmers: Tens of Thousands of Tons of Vegetables to be Destroyed.
Half of imported carrots in Russia come from Israel, halt on imports could cost farmers 30-40 million shekels | Farmers demand that the government provide assistance in bearing the cost of the destruction of produce
By
Maya Ronen
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Taxi Drivers Unionize: “The Government Doesn’t Recognize Us – It’s Time to Come Together”.
Taxi drivers demand higher salaries, eligibility for unemployment policy, and a stop to high prices on public transit lanes, gas and insurance | Histadrut Transportation Workers Union head Avi Edri: “Up until now taxi drivers have been on their own, but now you stand with 800 thousand Israeli workers”
By
Nizzan Zvi Cohen
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Why are Arab Women Less Integrated in Workforce? Not Because They are Less Educated.
More Arab women are receiving a higher education, but their employment rate remains low | Dr. Maha Karkabi Sabah, director of the research unit at the Arab Economic Forum, explains: “The Arab middle class [has] no socio-economic and geographical mobility”
By
Yaniv Sharon
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New Proposal Seeks to Expand Sexual Harassment Prevention Law to Self-Employed.
Under the current version of the law, no recompense is provided for sexual harassment in workplaces that do not operate in a traditional employer-employee framework | MK Michal Rozin: “The law needs to adapt to the changing conditions and provide maximal protections to these workers”
By
Nizzan Zvi Cohen
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Violence Against Arab Women is Disproportionately Under-Addressed by Police, Justice System.
A new study by the Women Against Violence Association finds stark inequality in the treatment of violence against Jewish and Arab women, from police conduct and prosecution processes, to rates of imprisonment | “We are discriminated against as Arab women. We are part of a patriarchal society”
By
Yaniv Sharon
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