About 10,000 workers in the Tel Aviv area staged a four-hour strike today in protest against the soaring prices of commodities and services and the low compensation offered by the cost of living allowances. Representatives of the workers committee, assembled for hours near the Histadrut building were received by acting Histadrut Secretary General Yeruham Meshel.
The workers demanded proper compensation for the increased prices, shelving plans for added value tax and postponement of the proposed 50 percent increase in municipal taxes. Meshel said that negotiations are under way for a new package deal to link wages, COL allowances and taxes that would satisfy the workers.
In Eilat the population staged a one-hour general strike this morning in protest against the higher fare for flights between that city and the rest of the country. In Upper Galilee other strikes and demonstrations were staged against soaring prices.
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