Israel - Employers delay and hinder collective bargaining

According to Histadrut, delaying negotiations is a main tactic used by employers to try and weaken unions and their representatives. The Hebrew Scouts Movement used this tactic and dragged its feet in negotiations for almost two years. After the first year, the Movement tried to challenge Histadrut representative status, and negotiations could only resume after lengthy judicial proceedings. The Movement continued to conduct negotiations in bad faith and with no intention to reach a collective agreement. Histadrut indicates that Suny-Samsung applied similar delaying tactics in negotiating a company-level collective agreement. The union adds that some restaurant owners also engaged in bad faith negotiations without any intention to reach an agreement with the representative unions.