The Histadrut ("Federation" [oflabour]) or HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael (lit. "General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel")'s the Israeli trade union congress. It was founded in December 1920 in Haifa as a Jewish trade union which would also provide services for members such as an employment exchange, sick pay, and consumer benefits. Its initial goals were to provide a federation for all Jewish workers in the British Mandate of Palestine, promote land settlement,… (More on Histadrut)