A nationwide three-day strike of nurses and administrative staff members of Kupat Holim, the sick fund of the Histadrut, Israel’s labor federation, was ended today after Histadurt officials promised that the demands of the strikers would get swift consideration.
The Histadurt reported today that the number of persons eligible to vote in the Histadrut elections on September 19 was 835,000.
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