Some 300 of Israel’s 350 top government officials staged a one-day stoppage today in protest against a government refusal to increase their wages.
The officials pointed out that many of their number have left for private employment, which pays incomparably better. One complaint voiced now and in the past is that in cases where family allowances are large, the least skilled government employee may take home more pay than some top civil servants.
(The United Press reported that among the strikers were Dr. Walter Eytan, general director of the Foreign Ministry and Dr. Shmuel Ben Dor, head of the North American section of the Foreign Ministry. The civil servants union permitted Raanon Silver, director of the office of President Ben Zvi, to work half a day.)
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