Histadrut
Histadrut, fully the New General Workers' Federation (Hebrew: הסתדרות העובדים הכללית החדשה, romanized: Histadrut Ha'ovdim Haklalit Hachadsha, Arabic: نقابة العمّال العامّة الجديدة, romanized: niqābat al-ʿummāl al-ʿāmmah al-jadīdah) and until 1994 the General Federation of Labour in the Land of Israel (ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael), is Israel's national trade union center and represents the majority of Israel's trade unionists. Established in December 1920 in Mandatory Palestine, it soon became one of the most powerful institutions in the Yishuv (the body of Jewish residents in the region prior to the establishment of the state).