The Fitness Industry Forum joins the restaurateurs' threats not to comply with the restrictions that the government is expected to impose starting next week • "The government has abandoned us to deal with the damage, it is time for it to recover"
"Since we will not be able to survive another closure without the cooperation of the government - we will not shut down our activities again and continue to operate, like our restaurant brothers," the Fitness Industry Forum said today (Friday) following the Corona Cabinet's decision to impose a full closure, starting next week. The spread of Coronavirus.
In doing so, the fitness industry joined the restaurateurs' threats not to suspend their activities during the closure.
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"From the outbreak of the Corona, the fitness industry has suffered a fatal blow, with local and national closures bringing with them a tsunami of subscription cancellations. The fitness industry is essential for public health and is not a luxury. To this day, government officials do not take it seriously." "," They added in the fitness industry forum, which includes hundreds of gym chains and private studio businesses from across the country.
Haim Frenkel, CEO and owner of the Space chain, and a representative of the Israeli fitness industry organization, told Israel Today: "The government's reckless decisions shame its decision-makers.
"It is not possible for them to ignore the fitness industry time and time again and make death-defying decisions about businesses, without justifiable reasons, and then regret it out of an understanding that the industry is necessary for public health."
Frenkel added: "Since March, we have experienced three closure incidents, which have led to the collapse of many businesses. Those who have survived have so far found it difficult to get back on their feet and reassemble workers looking for job security, and of course customers who need a continuous and healthy training routine. And run the clubs, the studios and the gyms.
”We feel the government has abandoned us to deal with the damage.
It is time for the Israeli government to recover, take responsibility for the failures of the treatment and call us to the negotiating table in order to build an orderly outline of compensation. "