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E-Tone™: Ulpan-Or Weekly News Digest

Item #1 (Advanced Level)

No Work in Yeruham

The Labor Court announced yesterday that it is accepting the desire of the

Negev Ceramics management to close down the plant in Yeruham, a city

in an employment crisis with more than ten percent unemployment. And
this morning, after a sad night in the protest tent outside the plant, workers

burned tires and set out to intersections. Among the frustrated workers we

also met brothers Moshe and Yakov Solomon. Thirty five years ago they
started working in the plant together. Moshe, fifty six years old today,

worked security and recently underwent heart surgery, and fifty three year
old Yakov, production line manager. Together they raised their families

and now they are fighting together for their livelihood and for the right to

make an honest living. Today the workers and Histadrut, as well as some
Knesset Members, argued that the management took advantage of these

employees, and acted with malice. About six months ago the Negev

Ceramics company bought the plant, and almost immediately separated
(itself) from the weakest link, the plant in Yeruham, in order to focus on

increasing import profits. The company’s management claim the state’s

policy promotes cheap imports, and so the continuing existence of the
plant in Yeruham wasn’t feasible.

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