The National Histadrut conference under the sign of the foreign workers/PR
Since the trauma of the 7th of October, which drove away many foreign construction workers and led to the ban on the entry of over 90 thousand Palestinian workers into Israel - the government and all the relevant bodies are working in a complex and joint process to bring and train tens of thousands of foreign workers from India, Sri Lanka and other countries.
To mark the cooperation that has already begun to bring results with the arrival of thousands of workers from India and Sri Lanka, last Thursday in Modi'in a festive event was held to mark the acceptance of migrant workers in Israel, under the title "Building Israel".
At an event to mark the entry of workers from India into the construction industry and their absorption in Israel held at the National Histadrut compound in Modi'in with the participation of: Moshe Arbel, Minister of the Interior, Yitzhak Goldknopf, Minister of Housing, Yoav Ben Zur, Minister of Labor, and MK Yaakov Asher, Chairman of the Interior Committee, Yoav Simchi, Chairman of the National Histadrut , Valdad Nitzan, Chairman of the Association of Foreign Corporations in the Construction Industry.
The National Histadrut conference under the sign of the foreign workers/PR
The Ministry of Construction and Housing stated that by June, approximately 10,000 foreign workers from India will arrive in Israel.
In addition, it was said that the trend is to bring about 40,000 more workers to Israel and complete a quota of 65,000 foreign workers, in light of the fact that the Palestinian workers who worked in the construction industry no longer come to work in Israel.
To this end, a quick outline for bringing in tens of thousands of workers will be approved by the manpower corporations.
The Minister of Housing, Yitzhak Goldknopf, spoke during the conference and said that "on Simchat Torah, Israel experienced one of the most difficult events in its history. The war has wide-ranging consequences for the economy. Since the Ministry of Housing has been working around the clock, we passed two resolutions to increase the quota of foreign workers and these days they are working on another resolution on the matter And we are doing everything to bring in a maximum of foreign workers in a minimum of time, in order to prevent an increase in the price of the housing market. Regardless of the decision of the political and security cabinet, which I support - to ban the entry of Palestinian workers - the construction industry cannot rely only on these workers. We are committed to increasing the supply and bringing in more workers from as many countries as possible, which will undoubtedly help speed up construction and prevent housing prices from rising."
The Minister of the Interior, Moshe Arbel, thanked the business sector: "Together with the Population Manager, we will make sure that they do not work in dangerous places. The death of an Indian worker in the Margalit settlement was a severe blow. We need to take care of the Israeli economy, but before that take care of human life. The National Histadrut does a lot for the welfare of the workers and thanks for so".
The Minister of Labor, Yoav Ben Zur, thanked the host, Chairman of the National Histadrut, Yoav Simchi, and said: "Since October 7, Israel has been in one of the most difficult times in its history.
The situation of real estate prices is not a good situation, following the situation in the war with a shortage of working hands, when we rightly find Palestinians to work in the building.
Slowing down the pace of construction will cause housing prices to rise and if no response is given we will face a broken trough.
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"When I asked why not construction, they said that in agriculture the tomato rots within a few days"
Chairman of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, Yaakov Asher: "The gathering is not a happy one, it is an emergency conference.
When we asked to be released from the bilateral agreements because it takes a lot of time, we were told that it was not possible.
Then the government decided on 8000 workers for agriculture and we cried, 'Why not construction?'
They said that in agriculture the tomato rots within a few days.
Decay of a construction sector is much more difficult to restore back.
I will be more happy when I see 10,000 workers and I assume that in the coming weeks we will see this quota.
The most significant factor on the living wage is housing, the pressing mortgage can make people give up food."
Eldad Nitzan, Chairman of the Association of Foreign Corporations in the Construction Industry: "By the end of June, over 10,000 foreign workers from India will be employed in Israel, and at the same time, the process of absorbing about 10,000 foreign workers from other countries such as Georgia, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan will begin And more. The arrival of the foreign workers will save the construction industry which is currently collapsing and most of the construction sites are closed."
Gil Demati, CEO of Amit, said: "The arrival of the workers is the result of the hard work of all parties." theirs, and there are those who speak their language."
"No celebration without cake"
In response to the conference held by the National Histadrut and the Union of Foreign Manpower Corporations for the Construction Industry, the Builders of the Land Contractors Association stated: "There is no celebration, without cake." The government ministers and the heads of their ministries celebrated (Thursday) together with representatives of foreign manpower corporations for the construction industry and the National Histadrut the arrival of the workers The foreigners from India to Israel. Celebrated for what and why? After all, there is no cake."
"In India, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Moldova there are close to 20,000 foreign workers who have been tested and approved for work by the Association of Contractors Building the Land waiting to arrive in Israel. So far less than 1% of them have arrived here."
"The celebration is for what? After all, the construction and infrastructure industry is collapsing, the economy has already lost billions of shekels, the households of 250,000 Israeli workers in the industry are in financial danger, and thousands of reservists from the industry have no companies to return to, the rate of foreign workers arriving in Israel is less than 1,000 per week. The Israeli government must come to its senses and ensure the immediate arrival of tens of thousands of construction and infrastructure workers to Israel."
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