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B-G Airport strike ends as Histadrut chief calls for renewed talks in labor dispute
By Zohar Blumankrantz, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
Tags: strike, El Al, Israel 

Ben-Gurion International Aiport employees ended their short-lived but disruptive strike at on Sunday evening, after the head of the Histadrut Labor Federation intervened and called to renew negotiations between workers and management officials.

The strike, declared earlier Sunday, had caused delays in departures from Ben-Gurion Airport as well as disruptions in baggage unloading from arriving flights.

Histadrut chief Ofer Eini broke into in the ongoing dispute, after management threatened to call for a decree forcing the employees back to work.
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Airport management earlier on Sunday claimed the negotiations ran into difficulties over workers' demand for an increase in salary. The workers, however, blamed management for reneging on agreements that had gone into effect only last week following another one-day strike by IAA workers .

Judith Bernstein, who was meant to return to England on a British Airways flight on Sunday, spoke of her distress from the airport.

"I'm feeling tired and a bit fed up. This make me feel a bit miserable," she said.

"We were supposed to leave at 4:40 P.M. Israel time," she added. "We were then told there was a wildcat strike and nothing would be taking off."

Bernstein had spent a week in Tel Aviv and Herzliya visiting her son, who lives in Israel.

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