According to this report in Ha’aretz, Israel’s national trade union centre “declared a labor dispute on Thursday because of what it said are an increasing number of outsourced workers and nonprofit organizations providing services for municipal governments. . . .  The declaration of the dispute theoretically paves the way for a strike by city workers, including municipal employees in the country’s three largest cities - Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa - after a 14-day cooling-off period. The Histadrut says the increased use of outsourced workers risks the erosion of the employment terms and job security of municipal employees.”