Trade unions flexing muscles

Histadrut racketeering organization euphemistically called a trade union, ended the strike after Finance Minister agreed to meager wage increases: 1.5% in January and another 1.5% in December 2008, and 2% in 2009. The strike apparently was not about wages, but reasserting Histadrut’s political power. Histadrut’s previous boss Peretz was Israeli Defense Minister through he couldn’t tell tanks from closed binoculars, and the current chief of Histadrut Ofer Eini also eyes political career.