Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini and Finance Minister Yair Lapid announced an agreement on the state budget that will avert a major strike.
Following difficult negotiations, the unions agreed to postpone a wage increase, but the government confirmed the agreement on precarious workers ensuring that they would receive their planned wage boost.
Eini was reported to say that “”This was one of the most difficult negotiations I have held, and I have held many. The economy is in a serious crisis. We must realize that we must share the burden. The finance minister showed sensitivity, and agreed to implement the agreement on contract workers, who are the poorest workers in society.”