Workers committees in a number of industries here under domination of the left-wing Mapam Party, decided today to call a strike on Thursday in a demonstration of protest against the Government’s new economic policy.
Spokesmen for the Mapai, considering counter-measures, warned that every striking worker would be subject to dismissal.
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