Histadrut officials responsible for LGBT issues and for equality and social justice sent a letter to Social Equality and Women’s Advancement Minister May Golan and to the chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, Haim Bibas, after the ministry decided to stop funding LGBT coordinators in local authorities.
According to the letter, the move would lead to mass dismissals of all municipal employees responsible for LGBT rights and LGBT activity, end work with outside suppliers, and harm the populations that rely on those services. The union said the decision should not be implemented unilaterally.
Histadrut called on Golan to keep the workers employed and to hold talks before carrying out the measure, saying it opposes the layoffs.
