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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

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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
Democratic members of Congress join representatives of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union gather outside an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, on March 5, 2021, to advocate for the ongoing unionization vote at the sprawling campus. The elected officials pictured include, starting second from left, Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York, Nikema Williams of Georgia, Terri Sewell of Alabama, Cori Bush of Missouri and Andy Levin of Michigan. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)
April 10, 2021, 2:19 am
Drive to unionize at Amazon warehouse in US voted down after bitter campaign
Majority of workers at Alabama facility vote against push to form union; activists demand a re-vote, alleging retail giant used unfair tactics
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia and RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum visit the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Birmingham, Alabama, after meeting with workers and organizers involved in the facility's unionization effort, March 5, 2021. (Megan Varner/Getty Images/JTA)
April 9, 2021, 10:33 am
Meet the longtime Jewish labor activist going up against Amazon in Alabama
Stuart Appelbaum speaks about his Jewish roots and what the fight against the mammoth online retailer has changed in the American labor movement
By Andrew Lapin
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks about education, January 9, 2017, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 9, 2021, 5:42 am
US teachers union head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school
Firebrand leader has strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle as she attempts to get her group’s 1.7 million members into classrooms
By Laura Adkins
Parents of Graham Stokes (seated, left and center) with their children, children-in-law, and grandchildren at their Adirondack estate in 1907. Graham is standing, hands crossed on counter; Rose Pastor Stokes is on floor, second from right. (Stokes Records, vol. 3, by Anson Phelps Stokes)
August 17, 2020, 4:18 am
Tale of a ‘rebel Cinderella’: How a firebrand Jewish immigrant shocked the world
New book chronicles the life of Rose Pastor Stokes, a factory worker who became a wealthy 20th-century American activist, brushing elbows with intellectual elite
By Rich Tenorio
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