Israel’s labor federation blasted a plan by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to limit public-sector strikes. “The Treasury wants us to join the Third World,” a Histadrut statement said Monday in response to legislation that would allow strikes only if declared 60 days in advance and agreed upon in a secret ballot by all affected workers, rather than just union heads.
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