Se­vere job cuts at Te­va in­cite mas­sive work­er strikes, shut­ting Is­rael down

Lay­off an­nounce­ments made by the new head of gener­ics gi­ant Te­va Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal $TE­VA have sparked mas­sive strikes in Is­rael, the com­pa­ny’s head­quar­ters, briefly shut­ting down the coun­try.

Is­rael’s na­tion­al la­bor union held ral­lies out­side Te­va fa­cil­i­ties, burn­ing tires in front of its of­fices, block­ing ma­jor roads (in­clud­ing the en­trance to Jerusalem), among oth­er protests. The coun­try’s air­port, stock ex­change, banks, and all gov­ern­ment min­istries were tem­porar­i­ly shut down on Sun­day, the first day of Is­rael’s work week. Even hos­pi­tals scaled back op­er­a­tions. Pro­test­ers held signs say­ing “Bring the failed man­age­ment of Te­va to jus­tice.”

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