Histadrut
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Histadrut (General Federation of Labour, Israel) A trade union established in Haifa in 1920 in order to organize workers in their quest for better pay and working conditions. It became the most important Jewish grass-roots movement, and provided invaluable support for
Mapai and the
Jewish Agency. In the absence of a Jewish state, it assumed widespread responsibilities for its members' health care and protection against poverty, while it provided crucial economic services such as banking, the marketing of members' products, etc. It maintained many of these functions after the creation of the state of Israel, in which it assumed a position of overwhelming economic importance, thanks to its alliance with
Mapai and the
Labour Party, which dominated Israeli politics until 1977. As a result, it became Israel's biggest employer, owning the country's largest bank and its largest health insurance fund. Partly as a result of the more hostile policies of the
Likud governments during the 1980s, and partly as a result of changes affecting
trade unions throughout the world (e.g. the
globalization and rationalization of business), its importance in Israel's society and economy has begun to shrink quite rapidly.
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Magazine article from: Middle East; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/30/2003; 700+ words
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; The secretary general of Israel's ruling Labour party, Raanan Cohen, says he was offered an invitation to visit...such as Egypt and Jordan have signed peace treaties with Israel, Libya is against any reconciliation with the Jewish state...
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Wiesenthal Center Protests Brazilian Labour Party for Denying Israel Right to Self-Defence
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Histadrut
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
HISTADRUT Israeli federation of labor. The Histadrut — full name in Hebrew, ha-Histadrut ha-Kelalit shel ha-Oevdim ha-Ivri ʾ im be-EretzYisrael (The General Organization of the Jewish Workers in Eretz-Yisrael...
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Bank Hapoalim B.M.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...parcel of this immigration, as was the Histadrut, the Israeli federation of labor unions...time, would not grant credit to the Histadrut, labor and Zionist leaders alike saw...the official financial branch of the Histadrut. From its beginning, Bank Hapoalim...
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Koor Industries Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...founded in British Palestine in 1924 by the Histadrut (the General Federation of Labor) to...buildings. Through Solel Boneh, the Histadrut provided a livelihood for settlers in...x2019; Ovdim, the economic arm of the Histadrut, decided to make Koor a separate entity...
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Koor Industries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Koor Industries was founded by the Histadrut in 1944, and until 1958 it was part...Given that the company was owned by the Histadrut, this posed serious ideological problems...exchange for loans made to Koor. see also histadrut. Bibliography Kleinman, Ephraim...
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Naʿamat
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Palestine and was affiliated with the Histadrut (General Confederation of Labor...years, along with the leadership of the Histadrut. The president elected in 2002 was Talia...politics; gender: gender and the economy; histadrut; israel: military and politics; israel...
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