IPBC employees protest layoffs and petition High Court
Employee union turns to Attorney General to demand that no harm come to workers 'who are being hung out to dry with no future.' Protests in Tel Aviv against layoffs are expected to take place Saturday night.
In addition to planned protests Saturday night in Tel Aviv, employees are also planning a petition to the High Court.
The Union of Journalists in Israel (UJI) approached Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and demanded that no harm come to employees, who are "continuing to be hung out to dry without a future."
The UJI also demanded that Mandelblit instruct the prime minister, finance minister and the deputy minister of communication to cease interference with the structure of the IPBC, including the composition of the employees.
"This intervention results in severe and disproportionate damage to the freedom of the press and thus to the foundations of democracy, human rights and the personal and collective rights of the employees of the IPBC," said the UJI.
Employees and their supporters are expected to protest impending layoffs as a result of Netanyahu and Kahlon's plan in Tel Aviv on Saturday night.
"It isn't clear what is going to happen and people are afraid," said an IPBC official. "People left other jobs and now they can be stuck in the middle. We won't give up."
In light of the crisis with employees, Director General of the IPBC, Eldad Koblentz, announced that a meeting with employees will take place Sunday at IPBC studios in Modi'in.
(Translated and edited by Fred Goldberg)
