Haim Bior

Without a budget, government spending will effectively go down, too, thereby doubling the squeeze on Israelis' pocketbooks.

Sources at Bezeq say they don't expect that company's operations to be affected significantly.

The company explains the move as a step taken to 'express appreciation for the workers, who are leading the company forward on a daily basis.'

If, in fact, Israel's gambling industry is as large, as the estimated NIS 140 billion a year it would be among the biggest in relative terms among 33 countries belonging to the OECD.

But political backing and union cooperation are also needed to make it work, says Yossi Kucik in an interview with TheMarker.

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Pelephone's management said that the strike had no effect on customers and there were no problems making calls on the company's network as most employees continued to work as usual.

Hot Mobile and the Rami Levy subscribers to also feel impact due to shared infrastructure.

Tough times are ahead for people working in everything from the vaunted high technology sectors, to its old economy industries and its traditionally protected industries.

Poverty levels among working families rose from 19.4% to 20% based on their financial incomes between 2010 and 2011; overall, almost two million Israelis lived in poverty in 2011.

The two sides agreed the workers will be covered by contributions into their personal advanced-training funds from their first day on the job, but that the contributions will only physically begin flowing into the funds retroactively once they've held the job a full year.

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A year later, only 5% had found work among employers that were recruiting.

The sanctions, which began informally seven years ago as part of a labor dispute, affect only claims filed for workplace injury compensation payments.

The Labor Court in Jerusalem has ordered a backpacking and camping chain to pay tens of thousands of shekels in compensation to three employees for poor working conditions.

Orna Segal, the CEO at job-placement company Manpower Israel, says the majority of the 230,000 Israeli students are working, mostly in part-time positions.

No one would dare to take on the country's biggest unions, headed by the Histadrut, holders of the real keys to power.

'We will not allow the government to wreck the collective bargaining agreements it signed with us,' one Histadrut official said.

Management fights to keep itself from becoming the first cell phone company with workers committee.

Union is demanding higher wages and improved benefits.

The Manufacturers Association and Histadrut labor federation both agree that the unemployment situation will be getting worse in the coming months.

More women were fired than men, and hardest hit were free professions

Current situation prevents civil servants from being fired and doesn't let supervisors move employees from job to job.