THE FOLLOWING IS VIA YWN

Millions of people without medication; Maccabi Pharm Pharmacies will be shut down as a warning.

Millions of insured Israelis are without needed drugs: A one-day warning strike will be held in the chain of pharmacies of Maccabi Pharm in the wake of the lack of progress in the negotiations between Maccabi Pharm’s employees and the company’s management.

The warning strike, which will leave more than 2.3 million members of the Maccabi Health Fund without medication, comes after the announcement of the labor dispute that was held two weeks ago with Maccabi management. The workers ‘committee of Maccabi Pharm wants to send a clear message to the management of the HMO to improve the terms of employment of the workers and to advance the collective agreement demanded by the workers’ committee of Maccabi Pharm and the National Labor Federation.

“It is sad to see how the management of Maccabi treats its employees under the...read more at YWN