The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/workers-rights/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png workers' rights | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/workers-rights/ 32 32 NGO calls for legislation to protect outdoor laborers from effects of climate change https://www.timesofisrael.com/ngo-calls-for-legislation-to-protect-outdoor-laborers-from-effects-of-climate-change/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:15:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3348786 The Workers' Hotline fears rising temperatures, extreme weather events, will compound risks already faced in farming, sanitation, building, gardening, infrastructure work

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]]> Court strikes down financial penalty that encourages foreign workers not to overstay https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-strikes-down-financial-penalty-that-encourage-foreign-workers-not-to-overstay/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:17:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3050846 Statute from 2016 stripped foreign workers of money deposited on their behalf if they didn't leave the country on time; High Court rules it is a violation of property rights

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]]> Construction worker killed in fall in southern Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/construction-worker-killed-in-fall-in-southern-israel/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:18:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3047162 Paramedics declare man dead at construction site in Netivot after he falls some 5 meters and sustains severe head injury

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]]> In NY, Liberal rabbis demonstrate for workers’ rights and a Hasidic company listens https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ny-liberal-rabbis-demonstrate-for-workers-rights-and-a-hasidic-company-listens/ Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:48:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2783581 Impromptu bargaining session part of a larger campaign that pairs left-wing Jewish activist organizations T’ruah and Jews for Racial & Economic Justice with Laundry Workers Center

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]]> Union activist struggles with his father’s possible role in Triangle Shirtwaist fire https://www.timesofisrael.com/union-activist-struggles-with-his-fathers-possible-role-in-triangle-shirtwaist-fire/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:40:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2731120 In a book whose release is timed to coincide with the March 25 anniversary of the NYC blaze that killed 146 garment workers, Martin Abramowitz describes searching for painful truth

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]]> Construction worker dies after falling from roof in Tzur Yigal https://www.timesofisrael.com/construction-worker-dies-after-falling-from-roof-in-tzur-yigal/ Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:15:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2033642 14 people killed in workplace accidents in 2019, six of them at building sites, activists say

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]]> US kosher poultry plant hit with $317,000 health, safety fine https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-kosher-poultry-plant-hit-with-317000-health-safety-fine/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:59:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1478549 Inquiry opened after worker loses thumb in mixing machine; finds employees wearing garbage bags for protection

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