A threatened local municipality strike that was to begin on Wednesday morning, 2 Rosh Chodesh Adar I has been called off B”H as a settlement to avert the strike has been reached.

The deal between the Histadrut Labor Federation and the treasury averts the strike that would have resulted in over 100,000 local government employees walking off the job and halting many services.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)