Against the background of the advanced negotiations for the sale of Psagot Investment House to Altshuler Shaham Investment House, the Psagot Workers’ Committee decided to suspend work for the next two days (Tuesday and Wednesday). This time, in contrast to the shutdown of a few hours a week ago, workers from home also sat down.
In a statement to Psagot employees, the workers’ committee wrote: “Recently, we have been holding daily talks and meetings with you, whether as a group or individually. All of them come to one clear and unequivocal conclusion – we must fight for the home and our rights!”
The committee said in a statement that “the deal with Altshuler Shaham could be signed today, tomorrow or another week. We are not interested in it. We can find ourselves in the very near term without a job and without rights. No one is immune, neither working nor managing. It is time “Take care of ourselves. Therefore, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, all Psagot employees, without exception, will go on strike.”
We’re stopping it here and now!
The committee members also emphasized: “The duty of each and every one of us these days is to ensure that none of those around him respond to customers, as part of our struggle for the home. The more we represent a united front, with strong organizational power, It’s hot because we are not going to give up under any circumstances. ‘
In an interview with Chairman of the Psagot Workers’ Committee, Shlomi Logsi, He says: “This is not a process of merging or selling, but the dissolution of the company (in this way Logsi referred to the published news that Altshuler will sell Psagot in parts after the purchase. KM); it is not possible to harm 750 company employees as well as customers “The company or the agents who work with you. Take 750 workers during the most difficult period in the economy without thinking about their future, and at the same time create a giant monster in the investment market. We stop it here and now!”
a question: Why are you not waiting for a meeting with the management that is scheduled to take place this coming Thursday?
Logsy: We had meetings with representatives of the management and we received half of the information from them and sometimes even incorrect information. Maybe the company will be sold before Thursday? There is no knowing. The strike is intended to make it clear to both sides that there will be no dismantling of peaks. “
Psagot management responded: “Any dialogue with the committee regarding the deal, if any, will be conducted directly with the delegation and not through the media. A third meeting was scheduled for Thursday between the management and the delegation and there will be a dialogue. We call on the delegation to continue the deliberations at the negotiating table.