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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Cash-strapped Kiryat Gat to fire 320 city employees as part of recovery plan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe southern town of Kiryat Gat is firing 320 employees as part of a financial recovery plan.
The municipality has the highest annual deficit of any local government, slated to reach NIS 135 million ($39 million) in 2019.
Mayor Aviram Dahari has pushed for a recovery plan based on letting go a large number of municipal employees, but the employees’ labor union has resisted the move.
In announcing the firings, the city says they will take place on a last-in-first-out basis, with the newest employees being the first to be let go. It also says it is in talks with the Histadrut labor federation over the move.
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