VOL. XLVI

No 23

9-June-2003

ISRAEL

Work On Israels Gas Grid Halts As IEC Workers Oppose Draft Privatization Law

Work on Israels much-delayed gas transmission grid has been halted once again due to a labor dispute which has pitted Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) workers against the government over its draft privatization law which, if introduced, would see large-scale restructuring of the countrys electricity sector, including the privatization of some areas of operations at present carried out...