Avi Edri

Who is Avi Edri?

Avi Edri is the chairman of the transport workers union in Israel.

After 3 years of work at the airport as a customs officer, Edri was elected as a member of the Airport Customs Workers' Committee. Afterwards Edri was elected as the Chairman of the Airport Customs Workers' Committee. In 2003, Edri was elected as the Chairman of National Committee of the customs and V.A.T workers in Israel. In 2003, the State employees union under the leadership of offer eyni led a 100 days of struggle against the policy of Ministry of Finance - Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu. During this struggle, Edri went public thanks to the unique struggle against the Ministry of Finance. He ordered all employees to check all suitcases at the airport for 100 days and thus created a long line of passengers. The Constitution Committee of the Israeli Parliament tried to blame Edri in jailing passengers. In response, Edri presented to the Committee reports of findings during the struggle, including reports of captured drugs, guns, gold and diamonds. After he presented the findings – He asked the Committee members to give him a formal approval to release all the passengers. By doing so, he passed the responsibility for the smuggling to the Parliament. During the struggle, Edri ordered to give the passengers flowers and snacks when they were wetting in line. He cared that the disabled and the elderly will not wait in line. In July 2007, Edri was nominated as the Chairman of the Transport workers union in Israel.