The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/national-nurses-union/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png National Nurses Union | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/national-nurses-union/ 32 32 Nurses end strike after deal with Finance Ministry to solve manpower shortages https://www.timesofisrael.com/short-staffed-healthcare-system-to-get-2000-new-nurses-400-more-doctors/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:30:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2351168 Health and finance ministries pledge to hire 2,000 new nurses and 400 more doctors, spend billions on equipment; 1,507 new virus cases diagnosed over the day

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]]> Nurses launch general strike in protest of staff shortages, after talks fail https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-launch-general-strike-in-protest-of-staff-shortages-after-talks-fail/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:34:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2350608&preview=true&preview_id=2350608 Hospitals and health clinics nationwide to offer reduced services, with exceptions in urgent cases and responses to coronavirus

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]]> Nurses to strike Monday over staff shortages after treasury talks break down https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-to-strike-monday-over-staff-shortages-after-treasury-talks-break-down/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:12:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2350152&preview=true&preview_id=2350152 With 813 nurses quarantined, union says personnel crisis was bad even before the pandemic; social workers continue labor dispute with protests across the country

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]]> As virus cases surge, nurses threaten general strike over strain, lack of staff https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-virus-cases-surge-nurses-threaten-general-strike-over-manpower-shortage/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:37:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2345726 More than 750 nurses in quarantine; need for personnel is rising as coronavirus wards reopen in pandemic's second wave

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]]> Medical lab technicians go on strike over workload and wages https://www.timesofisrael.com/medical-lab-technicians-go-on-strike-over-workload-and-wages/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 08:45:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2122366&preview=true&preview_id=2122366 Week after nurses forced into arbitration with Health Ministry and ordered to call off labor action, other staff take up protest

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]]> Court orders striking nurses back to work after two-day standoff https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-orders-striking-nurses-back-to-work-after-two-day-standoff/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:14:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2117834&preview=true&preview_id=2117834 Medical staff protesting heavy caseloads, poor working conditions in hospitals and clinics told to enter talks with Health Ministry

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]]> Nurses go on strike to protest working conditions, heavy caseloads https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-to-go-on-strike-to-protest-working-conditions-heavy-caseloads/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 01:30:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2116780 Walkout impacts hospitals and health clinics across Israel; emergency care and other essential services to continue

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]]> Nurses go on strike over violence against medical staff https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-go-on-strike-over-violence-against-medical-staff/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:32:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1903586&preview=true&preview_id=1903586 Late-night negotiations with Finance and Health ministries fail to produce an agreement on demands to address increasing attacks on health care professionals by patients

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]]> Nurses call strike over violence against medical staff https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-call-strike-over-violence-against-medical-staff/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 08:00:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1902957 Union says authorities failing to address increasing attacks on health care professionals by patients

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]]> Man indicted for stabbing nurse at Shmuel Harofe hospital https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-indicted-for-stabbing-nurse-at-shmuel-harofe-hospital/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:25:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1892963 Oshar Bakhit, a Sudanese national in Israel on a temporary visa, charged with attacking 65-year-old Rachel Kovo, seriously injuring her

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]]> Nurses hold nationwide strike to protest violence against medical staff https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-hold-nationwide-strike-to-protest-violence-against-medical-staff/ Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:28:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1882917 Employees walk out of hospitals, clinics, child health centers over Monday stabbing of a nurse by a patient

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]]> Nurses sign deal with Finance Ministry to end strike https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-government-sign-historic-agreement-to-end-strike/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:10:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=318034 Government agrees to increase salaries by 13% over 4.5 years

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]]> Amid faltering talks with Treasury, two-day truce called in nurses’ strike https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-faltering-talks-with-treasury-nurses-strike-enters-tenth-day/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:41:35 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=310648 Labor Court denies Finance Ministry's petition for back-to-work orders against strikers

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]]> Nurses intensify strike as negotiations falter https://www.timesofisrael.com/nurses-threaten-to-intensify-strike-amid-failed-negotiations/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:38:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=309082 Finance Ministry says it will petition Labor Court to order strikers back to work

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