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Israeli teachers delay school opening following extreme violence, harassments by students

"Violence against teaching staff is becoming an everyday phenomenon that we must not normalize," Teachers Union Chairman Michael Pinto said in a statement on Monday.

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some Municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023.
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.

Unmarked piece found near Spain train crash suspected to be missing undercarriage

DEMONSTRATORS ATTEND a protest organised by Argentina's General Confederation of Labor (CGT) against the government's proposed labour law reform, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 18, 2025.

'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform

Lawyers and police investigators arrive for a court hearing in a major corruption case involving senior officials from the Histadrut at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court November 3, 2025

Histadrut bribery scandal: Detentions of Bar-David, Gabbai extended until Thursday


Teachers’ unions are increasingly debating Israel - some backing boycotts

BDS has been in the air as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a flashpoint of the American labor movement, public education unions in particular.

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

Jewish lessons from my father: Value labor even when you are management

My dad taught me that businesses thrive when the dignity of every human being is honored — workers, customers and shareholders alike.

Contract drivers paid by Amazon collect bags of free groceries to deliver from the Bread for the City social services charity during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington

Randi Weingarten has strong words for Jews who say unions are an obstacle

American Federation of Teachers President Weingarten speaks on coronavirus and school closures.

Teachers' submissions for the "Classroom Look in Lockdown" project.

Meet the longtime Jewish labor activist going up against Amazon in Alabama

As a child in Hartford, Connecticut, Appelbaum was president of his Conservative synagogue’s USY chapter and attended Camp Ramah. He graduated from Brandeis University and Harvard Law School.

Small toy figures are seen in front of diplayed Amazon logo

Karen Lewis, firebrand Chicago Jewish union chief, dead at 67

“Karen taught us how to fight, and she taught us how to love,” the union said in a statement.

Karen Lewis holds a press conference after Chicago Teachers Union delegates voted to end their 2012 strike

Trump quits US actors union. Union responds 'Thank you'

Trump resigned his membership in the American actors union before it met to decide whether to expel the former TV reality star.

Donald Trump as star of the successful reality TV show ‘The Apprentice.’

If teachers aren't vaccinated within 11 days, classes will stop - Union

Teacher' Union secretary-general announced that the education system will shut in the event that the first vaccination round for teachers in Israel is not completed by January 12.

Israeli kids wearing school bags ahead of the first day of school and kindergarten outside their home in Jerusalem on August 31, 2020, The Israeli secular state education system will open tomorrow.

Bezeq signs 5-year agreement with workers' union

About 6,000 Bezeq employees were promised all rights, with “industrial silence” among them, as well as an improvement in wages and retirement conditions.

The logo of Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd, the country's largest telecom group, is seen outside their headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel June 21, 2017.

Union members call on King's College to let them criticize Zionism, Israel

"I am so exhausted with having to emotionally respond," a Jewish member said.

Jews and non-Jews gather in solidarity to protest against Antisemitism at Parliament Square in London on Sunday

El Al pilots earn on average NIS 95,000 per month

Half of the pilots were brought back with full salaries – even though many are not flying due to the coronavirus – while about 90% of workers are on unpaid leave, according to El Al's workers union.

An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv