El Al, Israel’s national airline, resumed normal flight schedules today as ground employees who went on strike last Thursday returned to their jobs. Schedules were disrupted and a number of flights were cancelled after 450 maintenance and workshop technicians walked out in a dispute with El Al management. The maintenance crews returned to work Sunday under pressure from Histadrut, Israel’s trade union federation. But the others held out until yesterday. All have now agreed to continue negotiations for a new contract without a strike threat.
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