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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

workers' strike

Illustrative photo of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 4, 2025, 11:05 am
Some schools open after judge cuts teachers’ strike short by an hour
Labor court rejects government request for injunction to stop action, but thousands of staff call in sick, keeping many schools shut
By ToI Staff
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, center, Ben Whitehair, left, and Joely Fisher attend a press conference announcing a strike by The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Thursday, July, 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
July 14, 2023, 12:18 pm
Actors to join screenwriters’ strike, effectively shutting down Hollywood
Stars likely to be seen on the picket lines as writers and actors strike together for the first time since a 1960 walkout led by Ronald Reagan
By ANDREW DALTON
Illustrative: El Al planes are parked at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit/ File)
June 18, 2022, 6:29 pm
Court refuses to step into El Al work dispute; more flights face cancellation
Judges at Tel Aviv Labor Court won’t force pilots to work as they protest salaries, tell both sides to continue talks
By ToI Staff
A delivery driver for the app Deliveroo prepares to make a delivery, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
May 2, 2022, 5:27 pm
Dubai food delivery drivers launch rare strike to protest pay cuts
Mass walkout paralyzes Deliveroo, one of the country’s main delivery apps, and revives concerns about labor conditions in the Gulf emirate
By Isabel Debre
A demonstrator holds a sign reading 'we deserve fair pay' outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem during a protest for the social workers on July 14, 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Courtesy Israel Social Workers' Union)
March 16, 2021, 4:31 pm
Social workers plan strike as study shows 54% have experienced physical violence
On Social Work Day 2021, new statistics illustrate deteriorating conditions of social services wrought by COVID-19, including understaffing, underpay and exposure to violence
By ToI Staff
Commuters at the newly built Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem, September 25, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
April 12, 2019, 10:46 am
After train workers call in ‘sick,’ Israel Railways halts service across country
Transportation minister backs management’s decision, accusing workers’ union of facilitating ‘anarchy’; labor federation announces trains to resume later Friday morning
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest against the intention to dismantle parts of the new public broadcasting corporation in Tel Aviv on April 1, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 24, 2017, 9:02 pm
Strike called off after union, treasury reach deal on broadcaster
In addition to increased pension benefits, accord requires 65% of staff from shuttering IBA to be rehired by new corporation
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative. An Egged bus. (Abir Sultan/ Flash90)
March 20, 2017, 7:29 pm
Nationwide Egged bus drivers strike for Tuesday called off
Labor court rules against work stoppage, orders sides to immediately begin intensive negotiations to solve ongoing dispute
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israelis waiting to board an Egged bus in the center of Jerusalem, January 17, 2012. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
February 20, 2017, 5:50 pm
Egged bus company facing possible drivers’ strike
Drivers claim transportation and finance ministries withholding wages in attempt to force them into a bad deal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Egged bus company employees protest outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on November 2, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 5, 2016, 11:08 pm
With wage deal struck, Egged bus drivers cancel strike
Finance Ministry to guarantee salaries and start collective negotiations, avoiding public transport freeze on Monday
By ToI Staff
Egged bus company employees protest outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on November 2, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 2, 2016, 12:33 pm
Delays and overcrowding on buses as Egged drivers strike
Around 1,800 drivers protest outside the Finance Ministry over what they say are unfavorable employment conditions
By ToI Staff
Public sector employees demonstrating for better conditions outside the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on December 21. The placard reads: "We can't get to the end of the month." Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
December 22, 2015, 9:10 pm
All-out strike looms as treasury, unions battle over civil service pay
Widespread work stoppage at schools, public transport, hospitals, and government offices poised to paralyze country Wednesday
By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes
Histadrut labor federation leader Avi Nissenkorn (left) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (right) shake hands during talks on December 21, 2015, aimed at avoiding a general strike over public-sector wages. (screen capture: Channel 2)
December 21, 2015, 11:37 pm
General strike would cost NIS 600m per day, Kahlon warns
Row over public-sector pay raises goes down to the wire as all-out industrial action on Wednesday looms
By ToI Staff
Avi Nissenkorn, chairman of the Histadrut Labor Federation, at a press conference in Jerusalem, October 7, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 21, 2015, 6:11 am
Treasury, Histadrut deadlocked as general strike looms
Labor federation seeks new wage agreement for public sector workers, sets Wednesday deadline for walkout, Globes reports
Illustrative: A station in Jerusalem's light rail system. The system is included in the Transport Ministry's public transportation database. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
August 2, 2015, 12:19 pm
Jerusalem Light Rail workers briefly strike
Drivers return to work after court orders them to end protest over new train schedule
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