Histadrut

Hundreds of shekels a year: The increase that will affect the pocket of every worker in Israel

After two years of freezes and cuts in the shadow of the war, an agreement was signed to update convalescence pay in the private sector to NIS 451.5 per day. How much will you gain from the move?

A new collective agreement to update the convalescence pay rate for workers in the private sector
Blades Technology plant in Nahariya

Pratt & Whitney's BTL plant in Nahariya to close

The president of the Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske speaks while meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 26, 2024.

Canada Labor Congress votes to cut ties with Histadrut

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026.

Miki Zohar summoned for Lahav 433 questioning as Histadrut chairman vows to fight for innocence


Teva to lay off around half of Israeli employees

In response to the reported layoffs, Teva's shares on the Tel Aviv stock exchange were up one percent from the day prior.

A building in Jerusalem belonging to generic drug producer Teva

Battered drugmaker Teva to cut more than 20% of its Israeli employees

Teva employs some 6,860 Israeli employees.

A building in Jerusalem belonging to generic drug producer Teva

Ministers hold press conference to announce ‘geriatric nursing reform’

Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon announced a NIS 1 billion national geriatric nursing program.

Senior Israelis play table tennis as they take part in games for people over 65 years old, organized by a nursing home in Tel Aviv

KKL bill still in limbo ahead of Knesset vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the KKL-JNF's money must be channeled to the needs of the state.

KKL-JNF logo and Emblem of State of Israel

Clalit Health Services plans ‘warning strike’ for Sunday

Clalit Health Services’ 14 hospitals and hundreds of the largest health fund’s community clinics around the country will be hit Sunday by an all-day “warning strike.”

Histadrut protest [File]

Labor court freezes mass layoffs planned at Negev Ceramics

The fate of some 140 Israeli employees is hanging on the line.

Opposition leader and Labor party head Avi Gabbay (left) meets with Negev Ceramics workers and the mayor on Sunday in Yeroham.

Multibillion-shekel increase in disability payments said to be unaccounted for

It remains unclear where the money will come from, as the Israeli government embarks on expanding a social welfare program without raising taxes or reallocating funds.

Disabled activists sit in at the Knesset plenum discussing goverment allowances for the disabled, September 18, 2017.

Likud MKs to Zionist Union chairman: Don’t let alleged fraud enter Knesset

Globes revealed that Sa’ad earned an extra NIS 1,000 per month because he had reported that he had a law degree.

Saleh Sa'ad

Disabled Israelis to receive higher pensions following breakthrough agreement

Nis 4.2 billion will be added to the existing disability pension budget by 2021, 244 thousand disabled people in Israel win after long struggle.

Meretz MK addresses minimum wage protestors

Histadrut president signs on to lead disabled struggle

Hanan Tal, co-CEO of “Disabled is not a Half-Person,” said this is an important step in achieving their goals.

Histadrut president Avi Nissenkoren meets with leaders of the disabled community, September 5, 2017.