The Bank Hapoalim employee organization announced that 8,000 bank employees will hold a one-day strike today (Thursday), in protest of what they called "the disconnected conduct of the bank's management," which continues to insist on and promote unilateral and predatory cutbacks, harming the bank's employees, the bank's future, and customers.
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This, while the bank's management continues to generate record profits of billions of shekels.
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As part of the strike, all bank units, including all 180 bank branches from north to south, the consulting centers, and the call center, went on strike.
The strike is a direct continuation of the declaration of the labor dispute by the Histadrut, in coordination with the workers' organization, 8 and a half months ago.
Over the past few months, the Bank Hapoalim employee organization has been negotiating with the bank's management, "but it's dragging its feet," as they say.
The bank's employee organization says that "the management's predatory behavior toward its employees is happening at a time when the bank will once again present huge profits in the financial statements to be published today - profits that are a direct result of the hard, professional, and dedicated work of the bank's employees.".
According to the bank's employee organization, "The dramatic cuts plan promoted by the bank's management includes the elimination of approximately 770 positions through understaffing and job consolidation, and the forced relocation of hundreds of employees, while harming their salaries and promotion prospects. These steps come at a time when the bank's employees are dealing with unprecedented workloads, as a result of the implementation of a large-scale cuts plan and far-reaching changes in the workforce in recent years.".
""This creates a severe erosion of workers' rights, unreasonable working conditions, and increased workloads, which will harm not only the workers but also the customers themselves.".
Chairman of the Bank Hapoalim Employees' Organization, Roni Garfunkel: "The bank's management is disconnected. While it is making billions in profits, it is harming the bank's employees. In the financial reports to be published tomorrow, management will once again present huge profits that are a direct result of the professional and dedicated work of the employees. This is inconceivable and this cynical behavior must stop.".
