Histadrut, the Labor Union Behind Israel’s Strike, Has Long History of Influence

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Histadrut, the Labor Union Behind *******’s Strike, Has Long History of Influence

The labor union that called for the strike in ******* on Monday, Histadrut, has played a key role in recent ******** politics. Most notably, it led strikes last year that challenged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forcing him to back off a contentious judicial plan.

Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in *******, was also pivotal to the founding of the State of *******. It was set up in 1920, at a time when trade unions were a critical vector of political and economic influence in many countries.

Its purpose in its early decades was both to serve the

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at a time of ******* immigration to what was then British-administered Palestine, and to lay the groundwork for the foundation of ******* as a state. It helped to establish the industrial, financial and economic institutions from which the nation emerged in 1948. The union’s leader in the early years, David Ben-Gurion, became *******’s first prime minister.

The organization, the largest of its kind in *******, now represents about 800,000 workers from 27 separate unions, according to its website. Its chairman, Arnon Bar-David, has held the post since 2019.

Mr. Bar-David, a longtime member of the union who also served as a major in the military reserves, in early 2023 joined other union chiefs, business leaders and military reservists to oppose a plan put in place by Mr. Netanyahu’s far-right government to limit the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down decisions by elected officials.

Histadrut organized a major strike that — along with disquiet in the military and mass protests that destabilized the economy — contributed to one of the biggest domestic upheavals in ******* in decades. The unrest prompted Mr. Netanyahu to suspend the judicial plan.

The deadly ******* led by ****** on ******* months later, and the ensuing ******** military offensive in Gaza, moved the judicial issue to the background. But Histadrut again showed its influence by calling for the general strike on Monday, which, along with large street demonstrations the night before calling for a deal to free hostages from Gaza, amounted to the broadest expression of anti-government dissent since the war began.

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