Yuval Sde
At the same time as the discussion, in which they argued that the shutdown of mining would harm employment in the Negev, the Histadrut announced that it had declared a labor dispute at the Rotem Ampert Negev company, which operates under ICL, "against the management's intention to unilaterally promote efficiency measures, and an impasse in negotiations for a new collective agreement." The Histadrut announced that the labor dispute will apply to approximately 850 company employees.