Eini to Announce Labor Dispute

In response to regime's privatization reforms including the establishment of two new private ports, Labor Federation Chairman Ofer Eini may declare a labor dispute.

Eini wants the government initiatives to be made with mutual Federation consent, in accordance with previous conditions agreed upon with the Treasury.

Two weeks after the Labor dispute begins, the Federation will possibly launch a general strike.

“A strike would lead the government to take steps that would be problematic for him, like passing a compulsory arbitration law,” Katz said.

“If Eini will prevent me from upgrading import to the State of Israel and from lowering the price of products for all citizens – Eini doesn’t want to reach that point.

” Katz added that he believes that port and other workers have the right to strike, but the attempt to “bring the government to its knees” will be met by “a government that stands tall and is ready for battle.

” “We aren’t privatizing the port; we are increasing competition,” he explained.
 

The transportation minister said he would be willing to put more funding into government-owned seaports so they can compete with the new, private ones.

“[Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu, [Finance Minister Yair] Lapid and I decided that we need two ports in order to encourage competition and turn Israel into a center of maritime trade.

On Wednesday, the Zionist regime issued two international tenders for the construction and operation of two new private seaports to compete with the existing Ashdod and Haifa ports.

Netanyahu declared the move “the end of monopolies” at the nation’s ports in a press conference with Lapid and Katz who officially announced the tenders.