The Histadrut executive last night decided to place a ban on all overtime work and the holding of two jobs by members of affiliated labor unions. The work thus saved will be given to people who are now unemployed.
The Israel cooperative movement has exported $20,000 worth of raw wool to Britain and is negotiating for the sale of $50,000 worth of wool to American customers, it was reported today by J. After, director of the Hamashbir Hamerkazi, the central sales and purchasing agency of the cooperative movement, at a conference of the group. The meeting also voted a budget of 2,500,000 pounds for 1953 for the organization.
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