Israelis remained without their hourly radio newscasts for the second day today as the state-owned broadcasting network halted its Hebrew bulletins because of a dispute with newsroom journalists. The only broadcasts available were news headlines. Foreign language broadcasts were not affected. The move by the broadcasting authority’s board of governors followed several days of sanctions by radio journalists who complained that top editors were mismanaging available manpower. The journalists denied management claims that they were demanding more pay for night work. Management has demanded that full news service be provided or it will discontinue the service entirely.
Meanwhile, another labor dispute has affected thousands of patients in 25 government hospitals. The 48-hour strike was begun yesterday by administrative and maintenance workers who are demanding higher wages. Except for kitchen services, all other services came to a standstill. Patients could not be released and patients arriving for surgery could not be accepted. Some operations had to be postponed.
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