Teachers to strike Thursday over lag in wage agreement
Classes across the education system to begin at 10 A.M. as part of labor dispute declared two weeks ago.
By Or KashtiTeachers across the country will strike Thursday morning to protest the Finance Ministry's refusal to hold negotiations to finalize a collective settlement on wages. teachers' associations said Wednesday.
As a result of the strike, classes across the education system will be delayed until 10 A.M., according to the teachers' associations, with the exception of special education schools and kindergartens.
The temporary strike is part of the labor dispute declared two weeks ago by teachers' associations.
Teachers' Union head Yossi Vasserman said, in the last two years, teachers have been leading Israel in a public struggle to implement accepted reforms in the education system. During this period we have operated with societal-public responsibility and we have avoided taking steps which could hurt teachers and students. But the government of Israel and the treasury continue to harm the education system, children, the public, and teachers."
Chairman of the Teachers' Association, Ran Erez, added that "the time has come for the treasury to regain its composure and understand the existing situation in the education system cannot continue."
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SORRY TO SAY EVERY TEACHERS STRIKE OF TEACHER IS REALY JUDICIAL ? DEAR TEACHERS I M ONLY REQUEST YOU ARE MODIFIRE,ARCHITECTURE,AND YOU MORE TYPR OF CATGORE SO WHEN YOU GOES ON STRIKE YOU DESTROY ONE LIFE AND STOP NEW GENERATION AND YOU NOT HELP TO RISINNG TO COUNTRY ON THE WAY YOU ARE RIGHT BUT OTHER WAY YOU ARE WRONG HOW 1.EVERY YEAR STRIKE STUDENTS DON,T KNOW HOW FINISH SYLLABUS 2 NOT ANY FAILUTION BECAUSE OF THIS STUDENTS CAN NOT REACH HIS GOAL 3 WHEN STRIKE IS END NOT SUFFICENT TIME TO COMLET SYLLSBUS TEACHERS TAKES LESSON THEY NOT IMPORTANT , STUDENT UNDERSTAND THE TOPIC OR NOT THEY ONLY COMPLETE YEAR OF STUDENT 4. THIS TYPE OF STUDY YEAR STUDENT CAN,T MANNAGE FOR HIGHER STUDY (MIDDLE CLASSS ) DEAR TEACHERS THINK OF BRIGHT FUTURE OF STUDENTS AND RETURN
A first-year teacher with a bachelor's degree earns less than minimum wage. And this after all benefits and bonuses, such as they are. Check it out in the salary tables at the Israel Teachers' Organization website (Hebrew). Why would anyone with a sane mind and an IQ over 90 want to become a teacher? Perhaps a masochist? There are a few idealists to be found, mostly in special education and working with street gangs. But in general, the average of of the Israeli teacher is rising, because less new blood is being added. I guess the government wants us to reach the level of the Arab countries, so that we'll fit better into the region.
They spend the money on army, settlements, occupation, weapons.....than education.
It is ashame that the teachers must resort to strikes inorder to get the kind of wages they deserve,and that they must strike inorder to improve our nation's educational system. The educational system here needs a drastic overhaul so that our kids will be able to compete in a global economy when they grow up.