Israel's public sector declares general strike, paralyzing economy

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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-s-public-sector-declares-general-strike-paralyzing-econo


Israel's public sector declares general strike, paralyzing economy

Union federation demands the government improve working conditions of contract workers; strike to last four hours until 10 A.M. and to include trains, buses, universities, government ministries and municipalities.


A general strike took effect across Israel Monday, although Labor Court President Nili Arad decided after a night of deliberations to limit it to only four hours. The strike began at 6:00 A.M. and will remain in effect until 10:00 A.M.

The Labor Court finished its deliberations in the early morning hours, but sent off its decision limiting the duration of the strike only after the strike began. The deliberations took over five hours, after talks between Ofer Eini, head of the Histadrut Labor Federation and Finance Minister Steinitz ended without a breakthrough.

The Histadrut, the umbrella organization for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, wants the government to hire some 250,000 contract workers, who have inferior working conditions than civil workers directly on government payrolls.

"Unfortunately, the treasury stuck to its position this time as well, and we leave this meeting with no good news," Eini said. He added that "the only thing that can stop us is the Labor Court – and we hope that doesn't happen."

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Read more: Ha'aretz

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1. 404 on the link. eom

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2. Dodgy link

Try this : http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-s-public-sector-declares-general-strike-paralyzing-economy-1.394062

Checked - that works.

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3. Crippling general strike in Israel limited to just four hours

Israel's main labor union declared a general strike on Monday, shutting down major sectors of the country's economy, but a labor court intervened issuing an injunction that limited the strike to just four hours, officials said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45182258/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.TrfvaXJJeSo

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4. hmmm... different link, though alas, it seems to have ended after 4 hours:

http://news.yahoo.com/four-hour-general-strike-begins-israel-060611238.html?ugccmtnav=v1%2Fcomments%2Fcontext%2F14a7105e-64c7-3f50-a969-12c6bc25f7f5%2Fcomments%3Fcount%3D20%26sortBy%3Dlatest