Ashdod port employees go on strike over claims that the management violated agreements regarding the recruitment of temporary workers.
“Organizational measures are currently taking places [after] the Ashdod port management failed to abide by agreements reached with the workers’ committee,” the Histadrut Labor Federation says in a statement. “Talks are being held between the Transport and Port Workers’ Union, the Ashdod workers’ committee and Ashdod port management.”
The workers’ committee claims that preference for work shifts is being given to temporary workers over staff employees, according to reports in the Hebrew press.
The Ashdod port says it was caught by surprise by a “wildcat and illegal strike this morning which was started without prior warning, contrary to agreements signed between the company and the Histadrut leading to the shutdown of operations at the port.”
“The port company’s management intends to take all necessary legal measures to bring operations back to normal as soon as possible,” the Ashdod port says in a statement. “The port company does not intend to put up with such conduct and has already approached the Labor Court to deal with the issue.”
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