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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


Israel's Teachers Union's acts are completely unjustified - opinion

It remains to be seen whether an agreement between the teachers unions and the Finance Ministry, with the Education Ministry attempting at mediation, will be reached before September 1.

 TENS OF thousands of teachers demonstrate in Tel Aviv, May 30.

High school teachers threaten to join back-to-school strike

The Secondary School Teachers' Organization will join the September 1 teachers’ strike unless the Finance Ministry resolves negotiations swiftly.

 NEW TEACHERS run a summer school, located at Alonei Yitzhak in the North, as part of the training they receive from Hotam.

Teachers' Union: 'As it stands the school year will not start'

The school year's first day hangs in the balance amid rapid-fire negotiations and declarations from all sides.

A CLASSROOM

Israel's education system in shortage of nearly 6,000 teachers

According to the data released by the ministry, 5,671 staffers are currently missing from the roster.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Homeroom teachers are being left behind -opinion

At the forefront of everything, for the good of our children, we have to hear from these teachers. Isn’t it time to hear what they have to say?

 TEACHERS DEMAND better pay and working conditions, as they demonstrate in Tel Aviv, in May. A sign reads: ‘Without teachers, there is no future.’ The shirt reads: ‘Fair salary now!’

Transforming formal education in Israel - comment

Without minimizing the value of good salaries and meaningful benefits, research reveals that throughout the world, teachers choose their profession with a focus on fulfillment and empowerment.

 THE WRITER holds a discussion with grassroots leaders, at a retreat in Mitzpe Ramon.

Teachers' union pauses strike

The announcement comes after teachers' union secretary-general Yaffa Ben David met with Finance Ministry representative Kobi Bar Natan.

A GROUP of junior high school students are demanding the government fulfill its educational duty to them.

Starbucks exec at center of union fight leaves the company

Williams, a 17-year Starbucks veteran at the center of the company's response to a unionization push in the U.S. and Canada, will leave Tuesday.

Starbucks coffee capsules are coming to Israel

Teachers' strike: Classes to start at 10 a.m. across country today

The finance minister stressed that negotiations with teachers could not be just about "giving and giving."

A GROUP of junior high school students are demanding the government fulfill its educational duty to them.

The real cause of Israel's teacher crisis is the teachers' union - opinion

The teachers union is supposed to represent all the teachers, but Yaffa Ben-David sees her role as representing the interests of the minority of teachers with high seniority.

 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