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Histadrut Shutting Down Israel for Four Hours Sunday Morning


Due to plans to fire over 3,000 employees by the management of Teva in Israel, the Histadrut national labor federation announced last week that it was shutting down the country on Sunday, 29 Kislev, from 8:00am-12:00pm in a showing of solidarity with Teva employees.

Including in the shutdown as per the Histadrut website, area:

• Ben-Gurion International Airport
• All airports
• All seaports
• All public transportation companies
• Insurance companies
• Banks
• Government offices and adjoining offices
• Kupot Cholim (all HMOs)
• Teva (shut all day)
• Hospitals operating on Shabbos schedule

In the interim, the Histadrut is working to prevent the firing of the over 3,000 employees.

The detailed list alphabetically:

• Agricultural and boarding schools
• AIG
• Akkim
• All Regional Council offices
• All religious councils
• Amal network
• Amidar
• Amigour
• Arab Israel Bank
• ASHOT ASHKELON INDUSTRIES LTD
• Authority for Technological Innovation (MATIMOP)
• Bank Hapoalim
• Bank Leumi Israel
• Bank Massad
• Bank mizrahi
• Bank of Israel
• Bank of Jerusalem
• Bank Ozar hahial
• Bar Association
• Bar-Ilan University
• Beit Hatfutsot Museum
• Ben-Gurion University
• Bezek international
• Bezeq Israel Telecommunications Company Ltd.
• Bezeq Online
• Bituach Leumi
• Bnei Zion Hospital
• Border
• Brinks
• Carmel Hospital
• Cellcom Netvision
• Central Bureau of Statistics
• City companies
• Civil Service
• Civilians who are IDF employees
• Clalit health services
• Colleagues – the old pension funds
• Council for the manufacture and marketing of ornamental plants
• Dan
• Dan in the north
• Dan in the south
• Dikla
• Discount Bank
• Discount Mortgage Bank
• Dynamica Cellular
• EAPC ORL
• Educational TV
• Egged
• Egged Travel
• Employment Services
• Excellence Nessuah
• FIBI and FIBI
• Finance Ministry – all units
• Fire Department on Shabbos Schedule
• Fuel transport
• Gachalat
• Ganey Yehoshua Company
• General medical engineering
• Geophysical Institute
• GIS
• Government bodies and offices
• Government hospitals
• Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital
• Haifa City Hall
• Haifa University
• Here – Public Broadcasting Corporation
• Hot Mobile
• Ichilov hospital
• Immigration and Border Crossings Authority
• Institutions of higher education
• Interior Ministry & Population Services units
• Isracard
• Israel Aircraft Industries
• Israel Airports Authority
• Israel Antiquities Authority
• Israel Lands Authority
• Israel Military Industries
• Israel Natural Gas Lines
• Israel Port Company, Haifa Port Company, Ashdod Port Company, Eilat Port Company
• Israel Railways
• Israel Water Authority
• Israel’s Electric Company
• Jerusalem City Hall
• Jerusalem Eretz Israel Museum –
• Keren Hayesod
• Kibbutzim College of Education
• KMG
• Knesset
• Leumi Card
• Local Government Automation Company
• Lottery
• Magen David Adom to Israel (MDA)
• Mapping Israel
• MDA on Shabbos Schedule
• Mehish – (a computer company of Mizrahi Bank)
• Menorah Mivtachim
• Mercantile Bank
• Meuchedet Health Fund
• Mifnir
• Migdal Insurance Company
• Ministry for Social Equality
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (including the Bedouin Settlement Authority in the Negev)
• Ministry of Communications
• Ministry of Construction and Housing
• Ministry of Culture and Sport
• Ministry of Development of the Periphery, Negev and Galilee
• Ministry of Diaspora Affairs
• Ministry of Economy and Industry (including: Restrictive Trade Practices Authority)
• Ministry of Environmental Protection (including the Green Police).
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Immigration and Absorption
• Ministry of Intelligence
• Ministry of Internal Security
• Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage
• Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Services
• Ministry of National Infrastructures Energy and Water
• Ministry of Regional Cooperation
• Ministry of Science and Technology and Space
• Ministry of Social Equality
• Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Information
• Ministry of Tourism
• Ministry of Transport and Road Safety
• Mishan
• MX1
• Na’amat
• National Coal Supply Company
• Nature Reserves and National Parks Authority
• Netivei Ayalon Company
• Netivei Israel (Public Works Department)
• NRSA
• ORT network
• Partner
• Paz Ashdod Delek
• Pelephone Communications
• Pi Glilot
• Port of Hadera
• Port of Israel Shipyards
• Postal company
• Poultry Industry Council
• Prime Minister’s Office with the exception of the National Security Council
• Ramat Hovav Environmental Society
• Raphael
• Rehabilitation Projects Fund Restorative
• Sapp
• Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem
• Shin Bet
• Shirbit
• Shlomo Insurance Company
• Sonol
• Sources
• Sprint Motors
• Standards Institution of Israel
• State Comptroller’s Office
• Tel Aviv City Hall
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art
• Tel Aviv University
• The Custodian General
• The Friends of the IDF
• The Government Companies Authority and all Government Companies
• The Hebrew University
• The institution of safety an hygiene
• The Israel Tax Authority (including income tax and real estate taxation, customs, VAT and VAT)
• The Jewish Agency
• The Jewish National Fund
• The Jewish Quarter Development Company in Jerusalem
• The Land of Israel Museum
• The Light Train in Jerusalem
• The Ministry of Defense (including auxiliary units of the Ministry of Defense)
• The Ministry of Education (including: the Director of Rural Education)
• The Ministry of Finance (including the Accountant General, the Government Printer, the Capital Market Authority)
• The Ministry of Justice (including the Enforcement and Collection Authority, the Courts Administration, the Tabu and the Rabbinical Courts)
• The Ministry of Religious Services (including the Chief Rabbinate)
• The Open University.
• The Phoenix
• The Planning and Building Committees
• The Second Authority for Radio and Television
• The stock exchange
• The study of seas and lakes
• The Teachers’ Council for Sport
• The Technion
• Towns associations for sewage and the environment
• Union Bank
• Union of Local Unions
• Union Systems (a computer company of Union Bank)
• UPS
• Vegetable Production and Marketing Council
• Visa Cal
• Water corporations
• Weitzman Institution of Science
• WIZO
• Yahav bank

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)



One Response

  1. So what happened last night? The Jerusalem garbage collectors were out working at 1am. Neat solution. We strike to show our solidarity with the poor Teva workers and get paid three times our regular salary for working during the night on a motzei Shabbos.

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