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Unmarked piece found near Spain train crash suspected to be missing undercarriage

The crash, one of Europe's biggest, happened on Sunday night near the southern town of Adamuz in a remote hilly area, killing at least 42 people.

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.
DEMONSTRATORS ATTEND a protest organised by Argentina's General Confederation of Labor (CGT) against the government's proposed labour law reform, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 18, 2025.

'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform

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

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

 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


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

Israel Teachers' Union announces nationwide strike for April 30

This decision, according to the union, came after the finance and education ministries did not meet their requirements after a year of "fruitless negotiations."

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

Law to curb worker union's power linked to judicial reform, Rothman says

The bill proposes giving the Knesset power to shut down a protest for 30 days, which can then be repeated.

 Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teacher's Union at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022.

Iranians go on strike across country as Student Day protests begin

Student Day commemorates the murder of three students by the Shah's police force in 1953.

 Iranian boy protests in unknown location. November 2022

Back to school in Israel: 2.5 million children enter their new classrooms

Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman visited educational institutions close to the Gaza Strip in honor of the start of the new school year.

 Celebrations for the start of the new school year at Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2022

Israelis are going back to school: Teachers, gov't reach last-minute agreement

The new agreement will see new teachers paid NIS 9,000 * High schools will open as well on Thursday

 Teachers' Union head Yaffa Ben-David, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman hold a press conference

Teachers, gov't continue talks as start of school year remains unclear

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton said she was optimistic that an agreement could be reached.

 Teachers protest for better working conditions and wages, August 29, 2022

Will schools open on time? Likely not - opinion

It is immoral for teachers to strike, except in very rare situations. The right thing to do in the current constellation is for the teachers to sign a short-term agreement.

 EDUCATION MINISTER Yifat Shasha-Biton visits a classroom last year. Will this school year open on time?