The month-old strike of 6,000 salaried engineers, chemists, architects and agronomists employed in Israeli public institutions was ended tonight, when the Engineers’ Union secretariat adopted a resolution to accept a seven percent wage increase offered previously by the Government. The members of the union will return to work tomorrow morning.
The union had held out until now for its demand for a 16.5 percent salary increase. The Government’s offer, given to the union by Labor Minister Yigal Allon, was accepted by a 14-13 vote of the union’s ruling group.
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