The wage system and labor relations in the public sector in Israel  I will relate mainly to the public sector, which includes large companies some of which are on the way towards privatization and some of which have already been privatized.
I will speak about the public sector for two reasons (a) it comprises a relatively large part of Israel’s economy, with on average about 30 percent of all employees, while in the OECD the average is less than 20 percent.