Israeli airliner Arkia reached an agreement with its pilots Thursday offering they enter a collective agreement replacing the current practice of signing them to personal contracts.

The deal is considered an achievement for the Histadrut labor union, going against the current market trend that recently saw the Labor party cancel its collective contract and sign employees on an individual basis.

Histadrut official Avi Edri said in response "it's a great agreement for workers, securing Arkia's workers [rights] in collective agreements and compensating them properly and respectably."