The Ministry of Finance and the Histadrut labor federation reached an agreement overnight Tuesday that prevented a general strike that was scheduled to start at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The dispute was over the Histadrut’s demands to update public sector wages as well as an impasse in negotiations with the Treasury on an agreement on new wages for sector employees.
Under the agreement reached Tuesday night, which is valid for a period three years and two years retroactively, a wage increase amounting to 7.5% will be given, half of which will be differentiated for disadvantaged workers.
The parties are expected to update the Labor Court on the developments in the negotiations between them until January 3 at 12:00 p.m., at which time the next course of action will be determined.
Had the strike taken place, it would have included government offices, hospitals, schools, public transportation and workers at the Ben Gurion Airport, which is particularly busy at this time of year.
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