391,000 working days have been lost in 2020 due to strikes compared to 110,000 in 2019

There was a significant increase in 2020 in the number of working days lost to the Israeli economy as a result of strikes - 391,000 working days lost compared to only 110,000 working days lost in 2019. However, the number of strikes in the economy decreased last year, because strikes in 2020 were much longer, on average.
New data published by the Labor Relations Unit in the Ministry of Economy shows that in 2020, which was entirely in the shadow of the Corona plague, there were "only" 31 strikes in Israel compared to 45 strikes in 2019.

Since the beginning of 2021 almost no strikes have been announced in Israel. Wage agreements between the Histadrut and the Ministry of Finance and employers in the business sector. The Ministry of Finance recently stated that the negotiations are continuing continuously, but Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman noted in a conversation with Ynet that "there are still difficulties in the negotiations and we very much hope to overcome them soon."
According to the Chief Labor Relations Officer Adv. Rivka Werbner,
In 2020, there were 31 full strikes in the economy in which about 35,000 strikers took part, compared with 45 full strikes in 2019 in which about 45,000 strikers took part. About 391,000 working days were lost to the economy as a result of strikes in 2020, compared with about 110,000 working days in 2019. This increase is mainly due to the long strike of social workers and the strike of lecturers at technology colleges.
The data also show that in 2020 there were 15 partial strikes (sanctions) in the economy in which about 22,000 strikers took part, compared with 31 partial strikes in 2019 in which more than 33,000 strikers took part.
The report notes that during 2020, the labor relations unit in the labor arm intervened and brought to an end labor disputes amounting to about 30% of the disputes filed (220 in total). It should also be noted that in 2019 there were about 160 disputes in total.
Most of the strikes in 2020 (20%) were as a result of wage demands and about 97% of all working days lost to the economy this year were due to this reason. 19% of all strikes were due to non-signing of new employment agreements or renewal of existing employment agreements, about 13% as a result of layoffs, a similar rate due to organizational changes, about 10% due to personal insecurity (violence) and the rest about 25% due to worsening conditions. Work, outsourcing, wage withholding, direct employment of workers, labor relations and discipline and manpower. The social workers and the educational psychologists.
The distribution of strikes by industry shows that 35% of all full strikes in 2020 took place in health, welfare and welfare services, 16% in education, a similar rate in public and local administration, about 16% in transportation services and about 17% in communications, industry, agriculture and waste treatment services. .
The distribution of full strikes by sector shows that 84% of all full strikes were in the public sector (98% of all working days lost to the economy) compared to 16% in the private sector (only 2% of all working days lost to the economy). About 71% of all strikes were short - up to one day, about 19% over one day and up to six days, about 7% between nine days and 14 days and 3% over fifty days.