Labor Dispute Declared over Pay for COVID-19 Quarantine Days
With the support of the Hadash workers faction, the Histadrut Labor Federation, Israel’s largest workers union, threatened on Sunday, November 8, to launch a general nationwide strike, demanding to pay wages to workers obliged to undergo quarantine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The union announced a general labor dispute, meaning that in 14 days it can legally…