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Government Press Office
30-Nov-2006
Haaretz - http://www.haaretz.com
Yediot Aharonot - http://www.ynetnews.com Globes - http://www.globes.co.il Hazofeh - http://www.hazofe.co.il Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com
Haaretz comments: "The general strike that began yesterday is thus very easy to understand despite the fact that it causes some suffering to everyone in the country, from those who are unable to fly out to those whose garbage will not be collected. Perhaps this small annoyance, whose cost to the economy will exceed that of the unpaid salaries, will remind us of all those who have not received a paycheck for months. In a country in which efforts are made to persuade people to go out to work instead of receiving welfare, such disregard for the obligation of all employers, in the private sector and especially in the public sector, to pay salaries on time, is intolerable... The dispute that led to the strike is not between the workers and their employers, but rather between the local authorities and the Finance Ministry. Years of bad management in certain local governments led to large deficits but also to the gradual reduction of aid to poorer local authorities - those whose municipal tax collection rate is low - that left their coffers empty... Responsibility for ending the strike and the labor dispute lies with the Finance and Interior ministries, as well as the local council heads. The workers cannot be asked to show consideration, after years of receiving none from anyone."
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