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Israeli Beverage Giant to Lay Off 20% of Factory Workers
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First reported by Calcalist · 44 minutes ago
What happened
Central Bottling Company plans to lay off 20% of its Gath Foods factory workers in Israel due to reduced export profitability caused by currency fluctuations. Labor unions have declared a dispute, and mediation is underway to explore alternatives to mass layoffs.
- 01Israeli beverage company CBC will lay off 60 workers at its Gath Foods plant.
- 02The layoffs represent 20% of the plant's production staff.
- 03Strong shekel and weak dollar hurt export profitability.
- 04Labor dispute declared; mediation seeks alternatives to layoffs.
- 05Company cites economic non-viability of exports from Israel.
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