Pri Hagalil factory to reopen
NIS 18 million to be transferred by government to country’s largest canning factory
Aaron Kalman is a former writer and breaking news editor for the Times of Israel
The Pri Hagalil canned foods factory in the Galilee will reopen, and its 500 workers will return to their jobs after an agreement staving off closure was reached Monday evening.
Pri Hagalil, the largest canning factory in the country, was in financial trouble and management had planned to move production to the south of the country. The announcement of its reopening was made after the head of the Knesset’s Finance Committee, MK Moshe Gafni, promised to transfer an NIS 18 million grant to one of the factory’s owners, Zaki Shalom.
On Sunday it seemed as though the factory had been closed for good, after year-long talks failed. Workers came to work on Friday to discover locked gates and security guards forbidding them from entering.
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