finance
Articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in the service sector, as distinct from retail, energy and communications.
More strikes in Israel
Following our report of teachers' and baggage handlers' strikes in Israel at the end of last month, there have been further strikes involving civil servants, bank, university and airport workers this month.
Workers were on strike at 25 branches of the First International Bank of Israel at the begining of November over changes since a merger with Bank Otsar Hahayal. They walked out again on the 21st after workers were suspended following accusations that they leaked details of investigations into the newly appointed bank supervisor to the media, this aggravated the ongoing wage dispute.
Employee sabotage in the stock market
Sabotage in the stock exchange - PJK, a Wall Street broker, recollects...
A bank tellers' sabotage
A brief account of sabotage by bank staff, by Jason, a (former) bank teller.
I was sick of starving so I needed a job. I walked into the California Employment Development Department and this was posted on the wall: "Be a bank teller. We'll train you." I didn't have any experience at all. I just went in and took an aptitude and math test and aced them both. Then I went to a week of teller school that was run by Bank of America.
