“IDF Radio" (Galei Zahal) reports that Israel Railways have filed an urgent petition with the labor court for permission to launch immediate labor sanctions.
Last week, Israel Railways management told the court in a sharply worded statement that negotiations with the workers committee were deadlocked and that the committee was refusing to cooperate.
The workers committee claims that management's action was unilateral, that it was cutting the employees' social benefits budget, and that the negotiations were leading nowhere.
Management said in response, "The workers committee's allegations are astonishing and divorced from reality. We regret that the workers committee is continuing to engage in deliberate actions to harm train safety and service, instead of honoring the court ruling to fulfill the discussions between the parties."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 2, 2011
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