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Ben Gurion Airport may close on Rosh Hashanah, and not because of the corona
The Histadrut has declared a labor dispute in the aviation industry: employees of the Airports Authority, El Al, Arkia and Israir pilots.
The reason: after the dismissal of thousands in order to recover the industry that has run into difficulties due to the corona, the companies now want to lay off more workers and take others out to the IDF. The strike, if any - starting this year
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Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 09:51 Updated: 10:09
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If you were hoping to find a green country to spend your holidays in, you may want to prepare an alternative plan - and this time not because of the Corona restrictions: the Histadrut recently declared a labor dispute in the aviation industry, against the backdrop of the Corona epidemic.
According to the Federation, the airlines have already laid off thousands of workers and spent many employees unpaid leave, ask now operate mass layoffs more, and therefore declared the conflict.
Conflict is relevant to employees of El Al employees Arkia, pilots Israir, and employees of the Airports Authority. Organization can take action Organizations (i.e. sanctions and even complete shutdown) within about two weeks.
The causes of the conflict, according to the Histadrut: the intention of Israeli airlines to work for the dismissal of additional employees, extend the sick leave period for many employees, and change the employment conditions of employees; fear of damaging workers' training or licenses; And failure to take steps on the part of airline management to find economic solutions to save the companies.
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Aviation industry workers' protest last Thursday: Do not build on holidays (Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman, Histadrut Spokeswoman)
The Histadrut cooperated with the recovery plans, but no more
The corona plague has affected various economic areas in the Israeli labor market since March 2020. The aviation industry suffered a particularly fatal blow, in view of the restrictions and prohibitions imposed on aviation, immediately after the plague broke out. Even now, a year and a half in the outbreak, the airline industry has not yet returned to the scope of commercial activity in normal and regular, substantial part of its employees still unpaid leave and thousands of other workers were laid off.
Throughout the recession, the Histadrut and the Transport Workers Union Histadrut, in a variety of ways to produce professional and creative solutions For each company in the industry, in an attempt to maintain the livelihoods of thousands of workers
, including by signing agreements that included terminating employees' employment, and far-reaching changes in the pay and employment conditions of various companies.
Additional problems arise from the crisis, for example, the significant share of employees employed in the aviation industry are employees who are committed to training, job refreshments and exams on a regular basis.
Examples: pilots, flight service managers, flight attendants, engineers, electricians, mechanics and aircraft towers.
During the duration of the sick leave period, there is a possibility of impairing the ability and competence of any of these employees, and this issue has not yet received a satisfactory answer. Another concern is the closure of departments or the outsourcing of various jobs.
Thousands have already been laid off to save the industry.
More cuts are now being demanded (Photo: Histadrut spokeswoman)
"The government should intervene, as they did in the world"
The chairman of the Histadrut, Arnon Bar-David
, said: "I deal with the crisis in the aviation industry from morning to night. Unfortunately, it seems that there are those who do not recognize the importance of this industry, not only for employment and the Israeli economy, but for the State of Israel in many other aspects.
The Histadrut mobilized to save and rehabilitate the aviation industry, with the outbreak of the crisis, through unprecedented recovery and efficiency agreements we signed with the companies and financial assistance that we transferred to them. But this does not mean that this gives way to mass layoffs and violations of workers' rights, every Monday and Thursday, as a quick and easy solution for companies. We will not allow this. "The
chairman of the Histadrut's Transportation Workers' Union, Avi Edri
, said:" We tried to avoid exacerbating the struggle in the aviation industry, but we can not remain indifferent in light of the difficult messages we received from airline managements regarding the employment and economic security of workers in the various aviation industries.
We expected and we still expect the Israeli government to intervene in the crisis and stabilize the airlines, as other countries in the world have done.
At the national level, we do not have the privilege of being without Israeli airlines. "
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