Arnon Bar-David
Arnon Bar-David | |
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ארנון בר-דוד | |
civil servant | |
Years active | 1993-present |
Arnon Bar-David (born 1957) is an Israeli trade unionist and civil servant. He is the Chairman of the Histadrut since March 2019.
Biography
Arnon Bar-David was born in 1957 in
Trade union career
In 1993, Bar-David joined the Tel Aviv's trade union, later becoming its chairman until 2006. from 2006 to 2019, Bar-David served as the Chairman of the Union of Clerical and Public Service Employees of the Histadrut.[1]
In March 2019, after Avi Nissenkorn joined the Blue and White list and resigned as Chairman of the Histadrut, Bar-David was elected by the Histadrut House of Representatives to the post of chairman of the Histadrut.[2][3]
One of his first acts after he took office was the closure of the
COVID-19
Bar-David, a vocal critic of the IsraelI government's economic response to the COVID-19 crisis, warned that Israel stands on the verge of an “economic Yom Kippur War.” Bar David repeatedly called on authorities to release cash to keep struggling businesses afloat.[6]
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- ^ ביין-לובוביץ', ענת (21 April 2019). "ארגון העיתונאים ועובדי "דבר ראשון" עותרים נגד ההסתדרות". Globes.
- ^ "ארנון בר דוד נבחר ליו"ר ההסתדרות - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Histadrut head to 'Post': Government doesn't act without feeling pressure". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-26.