Almost all office work in Israel was paralyzed today when post office workers, demanding higher salaries, walked out on a four-hour warning strike this morning. Mail deliveries were halted, and telephone service–which is handled by the post office department–was interrupted.
The walk-out took place in spite of the fact that the postal workers did not have the approval to strike from the Civil Service Organization or from the trade union department of Histadrut, Israel’s Federation of Labor.
By afternoon, all post offices in the country had reopened, and all services were resumed. During the morning, however, no letters were distributed, and non-dial telephone service, including interurban and long distance calls, were cut off. There were also difficulties in the delivery of cables, although urgent cables were distributed to the addresses.
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