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Cathryn J. Prince, author of 'For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman.' (Courtesy)
April 26, 2026, 6:13 am
From child laborer to union leader: Too-relevant story of 20th-century immigrant Pauline Newman
In ‘For the Love of Labor,’ ToI contributor Cathryn J. Prince follows the Lithuanian-born labor activist who blazed trails fighting sexism and classism in her new homeland, America
By Rich Tenorio
A line of patrons extends out the door of Breads Bakery in New York City on January 9, 2026. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
January 12, 2026, 9:53 am
US labor experts weigh in on Breads Bakery workers’ demand to cut ties with Israel
Harry C. Katz, a labor law scholar, says ‘workers don’t have a right to tell management what to do with its own funds, or personal beliefs and political views regarding Israel’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Members of the Palestinian Youth Movement pull effigies out of a shipping container during a protest against the shipping and logistics giant Maersk for doing business with Israel on August 28, 2024, at the Port of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Damian Dovarganes)
August 19, 2025, 8:20 am
In Europe, longshoremen organize to keep weapons parts from shipping to Israel
Joining the Houthis and some governments, dock workers are trying to disrupt Israel’s supply chain to protest the Gaza war, though Jerusalem claims the effort has yet to make waves
By MILAN CZERNY and Shomrim
UFT president Michael Mulgrew speaks alongside New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during a press conference announcing UFT's endorsement of Mamdani at the UFT headquarters on July 9, 2025, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images via JTA)
August 8, 2025, 1:30 am
Some Jewish educators feel ‘stabbed in the back’ as NY teachers union endorses Mamdani
Instructors had hoped the collective would refrain from championing any mayoral candidate due to the upcoming election’s divisive nature; now they’re considering withholding dues
By Grace Gilson
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
September 27, 2024, 6:26 pm
International trade unions appeal to UN over Palestinians who’ve been jobless since Oct. 7
Global labor organizations file suit at International Labour Organization, demanding Israel pay back wages, benefits for workers not allowed into Israel in year since Hamas attack
By Agencies
A Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrator holds a UAW sign at the University of California Los Angeles campus on May 23, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
September 19, 2024, 1:07 am
As US unions take on Israel, some Jewish members can feel attacked instead of protected
With a tight presidential race, left-leaning labor unions are doubling down on a Gaza ceasefire, while some supported an Israeli general strike after Hamas murder of six hostages
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, February 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
February 29, 2024, 12:55 am
AAUP becomes largest US faculty group to join call for ceasefire
American Association of University Professors signs statement with hundreds of other labor unions calling for end to Israel-Hamas war; one member decries ‘obsessive’ focus on Israel
By Cathryn J. Prince
Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, is interviewed at a Writers Guild of America rally outside Paramount Pictures studio, May 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
July 20, 2023, 12:54 am
SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight
The ‘Nanny’ writer and actress continues in the tradition of Jewish women labor activists – and her portrayals in television and film show that she has long admired them
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Social workers protets outside the Prime Minister's Office on July 12, 2020.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2023, 8:53 pm
Far-right MK submits bill to restrict striking rights of labor unions
Legislation would strip protections from workers who walk out in solidarity with other unions, preventing Histadrut from joining protests against judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
El Al workers seen at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on March 1, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
May 6, 2022, 1:00 am
Work dispute forces El Al to cancel participation in Independence Day flyover
Mechanics leave posts, accuse pilots of canceling several commercial flights in recent days; pilots’ union says mechanics playing ‘petty politics’
By Tobias Siegal
Martin Abramowitz, center, and his sons Jacob, left, and Yosef pose at the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, at 29 Washington Place in Greenwich Village. The original building is gone but the site is marked with a plaque. (Courtesy Martin Abramowitz/ via JTA)
March 25, 2022, 4:40 pm
Union activist struggles with his father’s possible role in Triangle Shirtwaist fire
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
By Susie Davidson
The Jewish Museum in New York City. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
January 13, 2022, 2:12 pm
Workers push to unionize at New York Jewish Museum amid pandemic uncertainty
Employees say drive is aimed at creating a ‘workplace built upon communication, respect, and integrity’
By Asaf Shalev
John Oliver discusses the 'Look for the Union Label' jingle on the November 14, 2021 episode of 'Last Week Tonight.' (YouTube screenshot)
November 18, 2021, 12:03 pm
John Oliver celebrates ’70s women’s labor jingle with deep Jewish roots
The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ ‘Look for the Union Label’ song was a pioneering message of diversity based in the old Yiddish socialist tradition
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative -- Police officers jog toward an entrance at the Westfield Southcenter Mall after the shopping center was evacuated following a reported shooting, May 1, 2021, in Tukwila, Washington, south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
September 28, 2021, 4:53 am
After struggle, Seattle won’t bar local police from training with Israeli forces
Council narrowly opposes divisive motion whose lead sponsor calls Israel a human rights abuser; it’s the 3rd such proposal voted down by a US city since May’s Israel-Hamas conflict
By Ben Sales
Randi Weingarten, with megaphone, marches in a New York City rally, June 27, 2018. (Courtesy Professional Staff Congress/via JTA)
July 17, 2021, 3:12 am
US teachers’ unions increasingly debate Israel, and in some places back boycotts
With Jews spearheading initiatives on both sides of the issue, votes across America on whether to support the anti-Israel BDS movement ensnare prominent Jewish labor leaders
By Andrew Lapin and Gabriel Greschler
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