Israel’s powerful Histadrut Labor Federation has given the go ahead for Dead Sea Works workers to go on strike. The move was decided late Monday by Histadrut Chairman Avi Nissenkorn and was in response to the strike at Dead Sea Bromine Compounds. Histadrut said that the strike at DSW would be open ended. The strike at Dead Sea Compounds is now in its third week and is a protest against plans to fire 140 of its workers.
Workers at DSW are also facing possible layoffs as management has said it wants to reduce manpower at the company by 135. A Beer Sheba Labor Court ordered the two sides back to the negotiating table and to continue talks.