Histadrut

[his-tah-droot]

noun

1. a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.

Example Sentences

The country’s biggest union, Histadrut, was behind the action, and in the end, Netanyahu blinked—at least temporarily.

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And unions aren’t as baked into our culture as they are in, say, Israel—where Histadrut was fundamental to the founding of the country.

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The call for a one-day strike on Monday was issued by Israel's biggest labour union, Histadrut, whose leader, Arnon Bar-David, said the country was getting "body bags instead of a deal".

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"We are getting body bags instead of a deal," said Arnon Bar-David, chairman of the Histadrut, which represents around 800,000 members.

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“Government offices haven’t been functioning for a year now, so obviously they can’t cope with emergency situations. They wasted a whole year on nonsense,” Arnon Bar David, head of Israel’s Histadrut trade union, told Army Radio.

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