In an interview with a popular local radio show last week, Transportation Minister Miri Regev tried to inject a new idea into the public discourse by saying that in the time of COVID-19, “Israel needs a New Deal.” The interviewers…
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Israel, Stanley Fischer won’t save you this time!
This article was published in Hebrew on July 8th, 2020, before PM Netanyahu decided, under pressure from a mass movement of people who have lost their jobs and businesses, to extend unemployment benefits and payments to the self-employed until June…
Empowering the Weaker Workers in Israel, 2009
A discussion on ways to defend and organize groups of workers who are subject to exploitation and discrimination in the Israeli labor market, including Arabs, migrants, women and youth. The following is a synopsis of the talks that were given…
Israeli Arab women march through Tel Aviv demanding jobs
By Noah Kosharek, Haaretz Correspondent Dozens of women, most of them Israeli Arabs, marched through the streets of Tel Aviv Sunday, calling on the government to find them jobs in agriculture. Wafa Tayara from Kafr Kara worked for a contractor…