400,000 workers walk out in 'general strike'

Speaking of 'wicked gold diggers,' 400,000 members of the Histadrut General Labor Federation walked off the job at 9:00 this morning after a three-hour delay imposed by the National Labor Court. The union is still awaiting (and the government is hoping to prevent) National Labor Court approval for the strike. This time the strike is ostensibly over the grossly unpaid wages of some 500 or 3700 (