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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
General strike called off after agreement for more safety inspectors
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA general strike called for Wednesday over construction worker safety concerns has been called off after an agreement was reached with the government to fund 60 more safety inspectors.
A rash of worker deaths recently, amid a continuing shortage of inspectors, had led the Histadrut labor union to threaten to strike if the problem was not solved.
The Israel manufacturers association had argued that the strike would mean losses of billions of shekels to the Israeli economy without solving the problem.
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