organized labor

WATCH: A report card for organized labor in Israel
Organized labor has seen a boost in Israel since the social protests of 2011. While companies’ profits have consistently risen, the real wages of workers have been static for nearly 15 years, explains Dr. Efraim Davidi.
By Social TV May 14, 2015
Hatem Abu Ziadeh (Photo courtesy of WAC-MAAN)
How to stop Palestinians unionizing: Security, security, security
When Palestinian workers at the Tzarfati garage in the West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim unionized, management made up criminal accusations against the Palestinian chairman of the workers’ committee, exploiting the hostile war-time environment at the time. Management brought in the army, the police, and sent him to military court — resulting in the revocation…
By +972 Magazine January 28, 2015
Social workers' strike for better working conditions in 2011 (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
Haaretz’s financial paper doesn’t hide its anti-union agenda
TheMarker journalists toy with statistics to reverse the correlation between cause and effect, portraying unions, once again, as protectors of the privileged. TheMarker, Haaretz’s economic supplement (which over the last several years has gained a life of its own), is at it again. A report and corresponding article (only the latter of which made it online in…
By Haggai Matar November 15, 2013
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Abdullah Abu Khader, Palestinian labor organizer (Israeli Social TV)
WATCH: Palestinians workers attempt to unionize
Many Palestinians from the Occupied Teritories work under dangerous, unfair and illegal employment conditions. Workers at one Israeli-owned factory, however, grew tired of the conditions and decided to fight for their rights and to try and unionize. This is their story.
By Social TV July 7, 2013
J14 protesters outside Tel Aviv Stock Exchange July 7, 2012 (Activestills)
The price of turning Israel into another Scandinavia
The reality of the Nordic economic model has little to do with the derisive way it is described by the ‘The Marker’ or ‘The Economist.’ One writer takes apart the right-wing business media’s analysis, revealing the truth behind the successful social democracies. By: Ami Vatury (Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Beitarie) “The Scandinavian model” found…
By Haokets May 1, 2013
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