Koah LaOvdim – Democratic Workers’ Organization | |
כוח לעובדים | |
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Founded | 2007 |
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Members | 18,000 (2020) |
Website |
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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:
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]
Koah LaOvdim – Democratic Workers’ Organization | |
כוח לעובדים | |
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Founded | 2007 |
---|---|
Members | 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:
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]