Histadrut National Labor Federation leader Ofir Eini is convening an urgent meeting with senior labor leaders to discuss the treasury’s emergency bail-out plan; a plan that he feels will not help the economy and will result in a sharp increase in unemployment.

Eini has indicated the nation’s umbrella labor union will not sit idly by and accept Finance Minister Roni Bar-On’s plan, explaining on Sunday, he and his colleagues will discuss the possibility of launching a general strike, which would have a profound impact on the public and private work sectors.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)