Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David, Business Sector Presidency Chairman Dubi Amitai and other senior officials are holding an emergency discussion today (Sunday) against the background of the rejection of the compromise outline prepared by the two by the Likud and many disagreements within the Histadrut. While some of the heads of the large committees call on Bar David to shut down the economy in order to prevent further advancement of unilateral legislation, some oppose.
Protest against legal legislation: Tent compound erected in Sacher Park in Jerusalem // Credit: Yoni Rikner
Minute by Minute:
17:32 P.M.: Israel Goldstein, Chairman of the National Workers' Organization Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael: "JNF workers leave politics out of the Fund. Each and every employee has their own opinions, and after work hours, everyone will act according to his understanding as is customary in a democracy. The JNF's national workers' organization, under my leadership, does not participate in political protests and strikes, regardless of whether it is from the left or the right."
17:07 P.M.: Public sector workers' unions also oppose taking sides by the Histadrut in the struggle over reasonableness. The heads of large committees in various government ministries in the Jerusalem area wrote today to the chairman of the Histadrut for the Jerusalem Region in a letter entitled "Opposition to taking a stand."
16:57 P.M.: Minister Dudi Amsalem attacks Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David: "As a reminder, you represent workers, most of whom are Likud members who are struggling for their livelihoods! The issue of legal reform is supposed to be decided in the Israeli Knesset, not in the corridors of the Mapainiki Organization."
David Amsalem, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
16:40 P.M.: The response of the Kaplan Force protest group to reports about the Histadrut's outline: "The demands of the protest have not changed from the first moment: the shelving of legislation and the determination that profound changes in the system of government will be made only with broad agreement, compromises at the end of which Israel becomes a dictatorship worse than decisive."
16:36: The beginning of a revolt against the Histadrut? The Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank employees union announced that it would not take any organizational steps. "We are not a political or ideological organization, and we have no interest in mixing the protection of workers' rights with other issues. We regret the very thought of the Histadrut chairman mixing sex with non-sex. We believe that shutting down the economy for the wrong reasons does not advance the interests of the workers, and we call on him to rethink his course and take care of the workers and their welfare, and leave the political arguments to Knesset members."
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