The threat of disunion among Israel Electric Corporation's (IEC) workers committees is growing because of the pending restructuring of the company. Some workers committees are demanding autonomy from the national workers committee in matters relating to their members. The demands are coming to the surface a month after "Globes" reported that the leaders of some of the workers committee want to take a more militant line against the reform.
IEC southern district engineers workers committee chairman Eli Yaakobi said in a letter to the IEC CEO that, under a 1989 agreement, all engineers and technicians unions have sole authority to deal with matters affecting their members, including work and salary conditions, lay-offs, and hiring.
Similar letters have been sent by the chairman of the IEC southern district technicians workers committee, and the IEC northern district engineers workers committee. They claim, among other things, that IEC national workers secretariat chairman David Zarfati has agreed to transfer the IEC systems management unit to a government owned subsidiary.
Yesterday's meeting of the IEC southern district workers committee secretariat broke up acrimoniously when committee chairmen accused Zarfati of implying that he would settle accounts with his opponents. Zarfati declined to comment today, saying that the issue was internal.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on December 24, 2007
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