Zim workers intensify strike over $4.2B Hapag-Lloyd sale

According to Calcalist, labor unrest at Zim Integrated Shipping Services escalated over the weekend as workers sharply reduced port operations and barred Chairman Yair Seroussi from company facilities. The action is in protest of the planned $4.2 billion sale to Hapag-Lloyd.

ZIM workers strike over job cuts amid $4.2B Hapag-Lloyd takeover

The union announced last week it would halve exceptional operations, including the unloading of ships carrying agricultural goods. Facilities affected include Haifa, Holon, and Ashdod. Although the reduction had been planned earlier, its implementation was postponed until now.

On Sunday, the Knesset Economics Committee debated the sale at the initiative of MK Oded Forer. In the previous month, the union met with ministers Nir Barkat, Dudi Amsalem, Avi Dichter, Gila Gamliel, and opposition lawmakers to discuss the issue.