The battle for child isolation: The restraining order has been extended, classes on Sunday will take place as usual

The Labor Court has extended the temporary order banning teachers from coming to work in protest of the decision not to stop isolating children, after the teachers 'union claimed it was a move that harmed teachers' health.

The parties will meet on Saturday evening and Sunday for a discussion

Yael Friedson and Benny Ashkenazi

28/01/2022

Friday, 28 January 2022, 12:54 Updated: 13:19

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In the video: The Labor Court discusses the issue of the teachers' strike (Photo: Niv Aharonson and Bini Ashkenazi)

The Labor Court today (Friday) extended the temporary order prohibiting the teachers' union from striking due to the government's decision to stop isolating children in the education system and apply an outline of tests instead of isolations.

Due to this, Sunday classes will be held as usual.

According to the court's decision, the Teachers' Union and the Ministry of Education will have to hold a first dialogue meeting on Saturday evening, and another meeting will be held on Sunday, in the presence of the Ministry of Education, Yaffa Ben David, and a senior official in the Ministry of Health.

The teachers' union will have to update the tribunal on contacts between the parties by Monday at 10:00.

Judge Dori Spivak rejected the Ministry of Education's claim that the announcement of the shutdown of the education system is political.

In his ruling, he explained that "the ruling states that a short protest strike is legitimate, and will not be considered a prohibited political strike in circumstances where the purpose of the strike is to express the plight of workers on a particular issue, especially when it comes to workers' claim that their employer does not provide a safe work environment."

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Will arrive at the school on Sunday as well.

Studies during the Corona period (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The judge actually accepted the teachers' union's claim, but noted that before the strike was announced, the organization should have tried to talk to the Ministry of Education.

This is because the Teachers' Union does not want to cancel the outline, but to reject it, according to the opinion of some experts it heard, when it is also armed with the position of the Ministry of Health.

During the court hearing held yesterday and ended without a decision, the director general of the Ministry of Education, Dalit Stauber, testified before the court that the ministry took into account the teachers' union's request to postpone the outline without canceling it, claiming that health ministry director Prof. Nachman Ash said If necessary, he will declare to the court the safety of the outline.

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Secretary General of the Teachers' Union Yaffa Ben-David at a hearing yesterday (Photo: Flash 90, Avshalom Sasson)

"Teacher health was taken into account," Stauber testified. "The Minister takes daily action to maintain the health of the teachers. She asks all the questions and she has received an answer that the student population will be the most monitored population in terms of the frequency of tests, thus addressing the health of the teachers."

Shortly afterwards, Ash himself addressed the issue and said that if school students' tests were carried out, there would be no significant increase in morbidity despite the abolition of isolation for children. This, after the government decided to implement the outline despite the Ministry of Health's recommendation to postpone the move for at least a week.

"The outline balances the risk of morbidity and injury prevention as a result of academic impairment and is essential in light of the characteristics of the Omicron strain," Ash explained.

"We are coordinating its implementation. We are confident that returning to school continuously is for the benefit of the children. It is clear that our concern is for the health of the entire public. However, the changes that will be made will allow us to manage it closely. We will continue to monitor morbidity data."

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