22.10.2013                      18.Cheschwan.5774                      heute Kommunalwahlen

Wirtschaft:

Israel's top workers' union sets stage for possible train strike in two weeks

Histadrut announces work dispute over complaints of outsourced maintenance that Israel Railways says was agreed upon in 2012.

The Histadrut labor federation set the stage Monday for a possible train strike or labor slowdown if its demands are not met in two weeks.

"The railway's management is behaving in a unilateral fashion toward its employees, harming them and the traveling public," said Avi Edri, chairman of the Histadrut's transportation workers union….