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}}'''Koah LaOvdim''' ({{lang-he|כוח לעובדים|lit=Power to the Workers}}) is an [[Israel |
}}'''Koah LaOvdim''' ({{lang-he|כוח לעובדים|lit=Power to the Workers}}) is an [[Israel]]i [[Trade union|labor union]] organization founded in 2007 (and registered in 2008) as an initiative by a group of social and labor activists to create a new, active and militant general labor union in Israel.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=כוח לעובדים » English |url=http://workers.org.il/english/ |access-date=2017-06-06 |website= |publisher=Koah LaOvdim}}</ref> The organization was established as a result of several failed labor struggles and unionization attempts in Israel in the preceding years, primarily that of the temporary labourers in the [[Ben Gurion Airport|Ben Gurion International Airport]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=גולדשטיין |first=תני |date=2009-05-02 |title=לא על ההסתדרות לבדה: הכירו את כוח לעובדים |language=he |trans-title=Not just about the Histadrut alone: get to know the Koah LaOvdim |work=[[Ynet]] |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3705700,00.html |access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref> |
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In the years since its establishment, Koah LaOvdim have increased its numbers substantially and by 2017 it became Israel's third largest labor union with around 35,000 workers represented by the organization.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.themarker.com/career/1.3944670|title=עובדי ישראל מתאגדים בהמוניהם? הנתונים מספרים סיפור אחר|work=TheMarker|access-date=2017-06-06|language=he}}</ref> The organization's establishment is often credited with initiating the "unionization boom" of the late 2000s in Israel.<ref name=":0" /> |
In the years since its establishment, Koah LaOvdim have increased its numbers substantially and by 2017 it became Israel's third largest labor union with around 35,000 workers represented by the organization.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.themarker.com/career/1.3944670|title=עובדי ישראל מתאגדים בהמוניהם? הנתונים מספרים סיפור אחר|work=TheMarker|access-date=2017-06-06|language=he}}</ref> The organization's establishment is often credited with initiating the "unionization boom" of the late 2000s in Israel.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Koah LaOvdim – Democratic Workers’ Organization | |
כוח לעובדים | |
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| Gegründet | 2007 |
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Mitglieder | 18,000 (2020) |
| Website | workers |
Koah LaOvdim (Hebrew: כוח לעובדים, lit. 'Power to the Workers') is an Israeli labor union organization founded in 2007 (and registered in 2008) as an initiative by a group of social and labor activists to create a new, active and militant general labor union in Israel.[1] The organization was established as a result of several failed labor struggles and unionization attempts in Israel in the preceding years, primarily that of the temporary labourers in the Ben Gurion International Airport in 2006.[2]
In the years since its establishment, Koah LaOvdim have increased its numbers substantially and by 2017 it became Israel's third largest labor union with around 35,000 workers represented by the organization.[3] The organization's establishment is often credited with initiating the "unionization boom" of the late 2000s in Israel.[3]
The union's political position is on the left, with their stated aims being:
- To assist unorganized workers in getting organized in their workplace both in the public and the private sector.
- To promote the existence of organized labor in the Israeli economy.
- To wage an uncompromising struggle in the defense of workers’ rights and the improvement of their pay and working conditions.
- To work for the establishment of social and economic justice, a welfare state and industrial democracy.[1]
Koah LaOvdim is a multi-national, trans-ethnic and cross-sectional organization, unionizing workers from all sectors of Israeli society, with equality and solidarity between Jews and Arabs being one of the organization's core beliefs,[4] and the organization have worked against racist incidents against Arab workers in Israel.[5] Koah LaOvdim is also a proponent of feminism and gender equality in the workforce, and it maintains a feminist section "Koah LaOvdot".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "כוח לעובדים » English". Koah LaOvdim. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ גולדשטיין, תני (2009-05-02). "לא על ההסתדרות לבדה: הכירו את כוח לעובדים" [Not just about the Histadrut alone: get to know the Koah LaOvdim]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ a b "עובדי ישראל מתאגדים בהמוניהם? הנתונים מספרים סיפור אחר". TheMarker (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "כוח לעובדים - ארגון עובדים דמוקרטי" [Koah LaOvdim - a democratic workers' organization]. KolZchut (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "העלון הגזעני של ארגון להב"ה נגד "אגד": "לא טוב שההגה בידיים של מוחמד"" [The racist leaflet of the Lehava organization against Egged: "It is not good that the idea is in the hands of Muhammad"]. Nana 10 (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "יוזמה חדשה: מודל של הסכם שכר קיבוצי לקידום שוויון מגדרי" [A new initiative: a model of a collective wage agreement to promote gender equality]. TheMarker (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-06-06.