Chairman Armond Lankri of the employees council at the Dead Sea Works is expected to announce on Tuesday that the workers will worsen their sanctions against the company to the point of a total strike by the workers over what they call "unilateral behavior by management". The sanctions started two weeks ago, and under a work dispute approved by the Histadrut Labor Federation on Sunday, a strike could start in two weeks.

The workers say that management has not replaced dozens of workers it has pensioned in recent months. They add that the company has replaced the diesel and fuel oil system with one using gas that is supposed to save $40-60 million a year. Lankry says it was agreed that the employees would benefit from the money saved.

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