The state on Tuesday morning 10 Teves has filed with the National Labor Court in a last-ditch effort to prevent a national public sector strike in Israel on Wednesday, 11 Teves.

The strike was called by the Histadrut national labor federation as a result of a breakdown in salary talks. The labor union is seeking an 11% increase in the public sector. If last-minutes efforts to prevent the strike fail, the strike will get underway at 06:00 on Wednesday.

The strike will include;

� All government offices

� Tel Aviv Stock Exchange employees

� Jerusalem Municipality employees

� Transportation service in Tel Aviv and Haifa

� Teachers unions

� Knesset employees

� Civil Service employees

� Civilians employed in the IDF

� Hospital employees

� Magen David Adom

� Clalit and Leumit HMOs

� Israel Broadcasting Authority

� National Road Safety Authority

� Council of Higher Education

� University employees

� Taf Teken � Israel�s Standards Institute

� Airport employees (including takeoffs, landings and domestic flights)

Essential service agencies participating in the strike will operate on a limited Shabbos schedule.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)