The work dispute the Histadrut had planned calling will probably be postponed after progress in talks with the Finance Ministry.
The work dispute that the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) had planned calling tomorrow is likely to be postponed after progress in talks between the Finance Ministry and the Histadrut. Sources inform "Globes" that Histadrut chief Ofer Eini and Minister of Finance Yair Lapid held talks that were termed positive will probably meet again tonight.
The Histadrut has made no announcement to the media, as it has done in the past on the eve of such declarations, that it intends calling a work dispute tomorrow. Instead it issued a general statement that its leadership will convene tomorrow to discuss various topics on the agenda. This conduct is meant to show that the Histadrut places great importance on tonight's planned talks with Lapid but if nothing comes of it then the work dispute can still be declared tomorrow.
At the core of the dispute between the Histadrut and the Finance Ministry are two issues. Taxation on advanced-training funds, which would cost employees NIS 2.5 billion, and a planned NIS 2 billion cut in public workers' salaries.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 29, 2013
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