In all-night talks, the Finance Ministry and the Histadrut agreed on changes in the Postal Company's workforce.
After negotiations that began yesterday evening and continued until the early hours of this morning, a compromise is emerging between senior Ministry of Finance officials and the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) over the restructuring of the Israel Postal Company. A source familiar with the negotiations said that, according to the understandings reached between the two sides, the dismissal of 1,500 temporary Israel Postal Company employees and their replacement with contract workers will be cancelled.
According to the source, some of the temporary workers will be laid off as part of the 1,200 dismissals agreed on in the past. Others will be taken on as tenured employees, and the rest will continue to be employed directly but will not receive tenure. All the points of agreement between the sides are still subject to legal scrutiny.
Any decision on the matter also requires the approval of Minister of Communications Gilad Erdan. Despite the progress made in the talks, the Histadrut says for now that labor sanctions will continue until final agreement is reached.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 22, 2014
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