07.10.2011                      10.Cheschwan. 5772                      Ta'anit BH"B

Arbeitswelt:

How many outsourced workers are there?

The short answer is that no one knows; estimates place the figure at 5% to 10% of the workforce, or 150,000 to 300,000 people.

As the Histadrut labor federation goes on strike on Monday in the name of subcontracted workers, the question comes up: Just how many of these workers are there?
The short answer is that no one knows. Estimates place the figure at 5% to 10% of the workforce, or 150,000 to 300,000 people. The government, the country's largest employer, employs many of these people. Yet it never looked into just how many, apparently….