{"id":24821,"date":"2024-09-02T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=24821"},"modified":"2024-09-02T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:37:13","slug":"uni-welcomes-the-general-strike-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-welcomes-the-general-strike-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI welcomes the\u00a0 general strike in Israel\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>UNI Global Union welcomes <a href=\"https:\/\/global.histadrut.org.il\/news\/histadrut-calls-general-strike-tomorrow-to-bring-home-the-hostages\/\">Histadrut&#8217;s call for a general strike<\/a> that will grind the Israeli economy to a halt in hopes of moving the country\u2019s government into a deal that will free hostages being held in Gaza.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>In his announcement of the Monday, 2 September, strike, Histradut Chairman\u00a0Arnon Bar-David urged \u201cthe general public not to remain indifferent and to take to the streets.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u201cThis is not a matter of right or left; it is a matter of life and death. All the heads of the security establishment support the deal, and it is the government\u2019s responsibility to bring our hostages home. It is inconceivable that our children will not return because of narrow considerations and interests,\u201d he said.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>He also raised the alarm over a growing economic crisis that is hitting workers across the country. \u201cAlready, there are worrying signals that inflation is not stopping, the Bank of Israel is warning of the weakening of the shekel, Israel\u2019s credit rating is dropping with a negative outlook, discussions on next year\u2019s budget have not yet begun, the deficit is deepening, and the coalition is demanding to expand it even further.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>Since the start of this crisis, UNI has demanded a ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages as the first step towards a just and sustainable peace which ends the war in Gaza and also guarantees\u00a0 sovereignty and self determination for Palestinians.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>UNI General Secretary Christy Hoffman, \u201cBy calling for a national strike, Histadrut unions and Israeli workers are taking a huge and significant step. Enough is enough, a ceasefire is long overdue, and we urge President Netanyahu to listen to the workers of Israel, to listen to the families of the hostages still being held, to listen to the international community, and reach a deal.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNI Global Union welcomes Histadrut&#8217;s call for a\u00a0general strike to move the country\u2019s government into a ceasefire deal that frees hostages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6224,"template":"","categories":[163],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[84],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-24821","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-tag","regions-uni-europa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UNI welcomes the\u00a0 general strike in 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