Thursday, November 30, 2006

The General Strike is suspended


Chief justice of the Israeli court of labor realtions, Steve Adler, ordered today that the general strike which began yesterday by the Histadrut, Israel's largest workers union, shall end and will not resume this week. He also ordered that the treasury ministry shall pay the majoirity of withheld funds to the employees of nearly all local authorities. The Histadrut began the strike in protest over the witholding of salaries to 6,000 employees throughout Israel.
Further negotiations between the treasury and the Histadrut will be helf under the observing eyes of of Justice Adler. The Histadrut is threatening to resume the strike should the treasury ministry fail to transmit the owed funds.
The strike received 70% approval rates in the general public and overall support in the media.

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