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NEWS
Histadrut Allows Religious Council Workers to Strike
by G. Kleiman
"Religious council workers around the country are hereby
authorized to strike to protest the prolonged withholding of
their pay," the Histadrut announced.
According to the Histadrut board some 5,000 religious council
(moatza datit) workers can begin organizing, but steps
towards a strike are subject to the approval of the rabbonim
they work under, some of whom are unwilling to take such
drastic measures. If the workers do take measures,
disruptions are expected in services including marriage
registration and burial.
Some 1,000 religious council workers have had their pay
withheld for periods ranging from one month to a year-and-a-
half.
Histadrut Hamaof (Workers Councils) Chairman Leon Morozovsky
recently contacted State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss to
demand an investigation of the failure to pay salaries. He
says the religious councils owe tens of millions of shekels
in back pay.
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