The 25-day-old strike of Jerusalem’s city workers ended last night when the municipality undertook to pay salaries regularly.
The municipal council also decided to ask the Israel Government to “lend” it a financial expert to help the city raise additional income and balance its budget. The strike broke out over non-payment of wages, in some cases going back to last October.
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