Union

Labor court blocks Walla layoffs, overhaul pending talks with journalists’ union

The ruling explained, in a unionized workplace, a company cannot proceed with layoffs before giving the union the information needed to understand, question, and offer solutions to the plan.

Walla News building in Tel Aviv, on March 20,2020.
A school bus used for transporting New York City public school students is seen driving down 135th avenue in the Queens borough of New York

Largest US teachers' union under investigation for antisemitic discrimination

Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks with the media after attending a meeting with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, not pictured, in Caracas, Venezuela, April 24, 2026.

Outgoing Colombian president claims Israel fixed elections after losing to right-wing candidate

A participant waves an Israeli flag and a rainbow flag with a Star of David above a crowd during the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 12, 2026.

LGBTQ defunding risks layoffs and service cuts, labor union warns MK Golan


Foreign Ministry workers stop helping babies born to surrogates in protest

“The responsibility for harming the citizens of Israel is on the shoulders of those who ignore the... demand to allow Foreign Ministry workers to do their jobs under fair and appropriate conditions."

 Foreign Ministry workers protesting their work conditions, January 2, 2022.

Foreign Ministry workers raise black flag in protest

“The workers are not asking for a raise; they want the rights that were taken from them.”

 Foreign Ministry workers protesting their work conditions, January 2, 2022.

Canada’s largest labor union votes against BDS endorsement

The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents approximately 700,000 Canadian workers nationally and fights to improve standards in healthcare, education, social services and more.

 Canadian Grenadier Guards on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

John Oliver plays ‘Look for the Union Label,’ a jingle with Jewish roots

The union reached the height of its power in 1959, when it claimed nearly a half-million members. But by the 1970s, unionized shops were closing throughout the United States.

 An International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union ad implores union families to buy union goods.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz invokes Holocaust to deter union vote

The analogy, which one attendee told the Times was inappropriate, could be interpreted to imply that Starbucks spreads scarce resources across its workforce.

Howard Schultz 521

Will the end of long shifts mean better care for patients?

HEALTH AFFAIRS: After weeks of protests, junior medical staff reach agreement with the Health Ministry.

MEDICAL RESIDENTS demonstrate for better work conditions, in Tel Aviv earlier this week.

Unions are the answer to COVID unemployment and work disputes - opinion

Worker power is essential to building our economy from the COVID-19 crisis better than before and developing the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. 

 HISTADRUT CHAIRMAN Arnon Bar David in a meeting with Inbal Hermoni, chairman of the Union of Social Workers at Histadrut headquarters in Tel Aviv.

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.