Posted on 03/23/2014 8:07:27 PM PDT by Nachum
The Foreign Ministry's workers union has called for a general strike Sunday as part of an ongoing labor dispute. All 103 of Israel's embassies, consulates, and diplomatic delegations across the world will be closed, including the ministry's headquarters in Jerusalem.
The workers union added that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will not be able to enter his office.
The Foreign Ministry's employees have been engaged in a struggle to improve their working conditions for more than a year, and the struggle has led them to lock horns with the Finance Ministry, whom they claim refuses to acknowledge diplomats' rights and improve their salaries.
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Ping.
Ron Reagan had the answer to this sort of drek.
Reagan didn’t face the wrath of numerous coalition partners.
Do these public sector workers have juice with members of the govenment?
Diplomats going on strike? That’s a new one.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Foreign Ministry goes on strike, all Israel's embassies and consulates abroad to close
“Reagan didn’t face the wrath of numerous coalition partners.”
How was Reagan valued by the NYT, the Chgo Trib, the LA Times and their readers? What was the tenor of the propaganda?
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