Definitions for "Histadrut"
Keywords:  shel, israel, eretz, yisrael, israeli
Israeli labor federation, or trade union congress.
(abbr. for Heb. Ha-Histadrut ha-Kelalit shel ha-Ovedim ha-Ivriyyim be- Eretz Israel). Jewish Labor Federation founded in 1920 in Palestine, subsequently renamed Histadrut ha-Ovedim be-Eretz Israel.
Collective body of trade unions in Israel, comprising a majority of the country's labor force. Established in 1920, the Union originally incorporated all laborers in Eretz Yisrael with the aim of providing for financial and cultural needs of all workers in the country.