Union

Histadrut bribery scandal: Detentions of Bar-David, Gabbai extended until Thursday

Over 300 individuals are reportedly under investigation for the scandal, including multiple senior figures in the union and public institutions.

Lawyers and police investigators arrive for a court hearing in a major corruption case involving senior officials from the Histadrut at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court November 3, 2025
 Arnon Bar-David, Chairman of the Histadrut, speaks at a press conference attended by heads from the Israeli commerce sector attend a press conference at the Histadrut Union in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2023

Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David among labor leaders arrested in alleged public corruption scheme

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street on the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 29, 2025.

Starmer must 'force' Gaza borders open with UK troops, union leader demands

House Education Committee chair Tim Walberg, pictured in 2021.

Congressional committee to hold hearing on 'unmasking union antisemitism'


Education in the US: Ideological battleground or the home of critical thought - opinion

The First Amendment was never intended to shield public employees from accountability to the communities they serve.

THE K-12 Fairness Center of StandWithUs holds a rally outside the National Education Association Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon earlier this month to support Jewish educators, students, and allies.

'It's about more than money': Uncertainty remains over end to teacher strike despite deal

Despite new understandings between the Finance Ministry and the Teachers’ Union, it remains unclear whether disruptions in the education system will soon come to an end. 

 View of exterior of an empty school amid teachers strike May 5th, 2025.

Teachers on personal contracts program yields zero results

Israel’s education system faces a deepening teacher shortage as a program to hire skilled teachers on personal contracts stalls due to union opposition and bureaucratic delays.

 An illustrative image of a class in an elementary school.

Canadian union VP rejects calls to resign over exploding Jewish athlete video

Canadian Union of Public Employees’ (CUPE) General Vice President and Ontario CUPE President Fred Hahn rejected the CUPE National Executive Board's call for him to resign.

 Illustrative: Fred Hahn at Ontario conference, March 2029.

Exploding Jewish athlete video causes Canada's largest union to ask VP to resign

The Canadian Union of Public Employees' National Executive Board passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for General Vice President and Ontario CUPE President Fred Hahn to resign.

 Illustrative: Fred Hahn at Ontario conference, March 2029.

Explosion in Pakistan coal mine kills 12 miners

Coal mine accidents, which are common on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, are results of gas build-ups, lack of safety gear, and poor working conditions.

 A loader loads coal in the truck at an open cast coal field at Topa coal mine in the Ramgarh district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, India, February 27, 2024.

Eli Cohen solves Foreign Ministry work dispute in final day as minister

The signing of the agreement by foreign minister Eli Cohen marks the end of the two-year-long dispute.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023.

Randi Weingarten, teachers’ union leader, joins J Street board

Randi Weingarten has been a critic of Israel's right-wing governments, and this year has joined leading American Jews who have endorsed the Israeli mass protest movement.

 Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, testifies about the effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on students and schools in front of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. April 26, 2023.

SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight

Drescher is hoping that the same chutzpah will translate into a better deal for actors who say they are not being fairly paid for work that streams online.

Actress Fran Drescher arrives as a guest at the premiere of "Star Trek Into Darkness" in Hollywood

Hollywood to grind to a halt as actors join writers on picket lines

The strike comes as actors grow increasingly worried that their digital images will be used without their permission or proper compensation.

 Striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices in Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023.

Israeli screenwriters union supports striking Writers Guild of America

The Screenwriters Guild of Israel (SGI) is urging its members not to cross the virtual WGA picket line and “scab” for Hollywood studios

The Screenwriters Guild of Israel joined writers’ groups in more than 20 countries to support the Writers Guild of America in an international day of solidarity that even included war-torn Ukraine