A general meeting of Israel’s striking seamen today ratified decisions of their representative group to call off the strike and return to work immediately. The vote was 400-3.
The vote came after agreement between representatives of the strikers and the organizing committee of the new Histadrut-sponsored seamen’s union under which the strikers are to return to work and the Histadrut will press for release from military service of strikers conscripted when they quit their jobs. All questions in dispute will be submitted to the Histadrut Council for decision and the decisions will be accepted by the seamen.
A total of 120 seamen will return to work within the next few days while the remainder will wait for ships now in foreign ports or on the high seas. The first vessel will leave tonight for Trieste to pick up a cargo of prefabricated houses. The strikers celebrated the end of their stoppage with a big Chanukah party.
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