Labor unrest continued to spread Monday. The 3,500 engineers employed at Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) — a major employer– stayed away from work Sunday and are threatening to halt all overtime work unless they receive a new wage scale. The engineers union said the strike is only the first in a planned series of work stoppages by the engineers. Meanwhile, the country’s 2,000 railway workers and Defense Ministry employes who handle payments to suppliers are also continuing their work stoppage, now in its second week.
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