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"Wages are never enough": Teachers' demonstration at the Tel Aviv Museum | Israel today

2022-05-30T15:43:42.629Z


Thousands of teachers' union headed by Secretary-General Yaffa Ben-David gather at this time to protest • Justice Minister Gideon Saar addressed the crisis at the faction meeting:


Thousands of teachers from the Teachers 'Union, led by Secretary-General Yaffa Ben-David, are gathering tonight (Monday) in the Tel Aviv Museum plaza for a demonstration entitled "Israel is drying up with principals, teachers," in protest of teachers' salaries Their requirements.

The gathering of the audience will begin at 18:00, and the rally itself will begin at 19:00.

Among the speakers will be the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Ron Huldai, MK and former chairman of the opposition, Shelly Yachimovich, the head of the Yeruham Council, Tal Ohana, teaching facts and the central spokesperson, the secretary general of the Teachers' Union, Yaffa Ben-David, who will speak At 20:10.

Earlier, at a meeting of the "New Hope" faction, Justice Minister Gideon Saar addressed the crisis and backed Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Bitton. 

"We are in a difficult crisis, which was greatly intensified as a result of two years of the corona crisis in the education system. The Minister of Education is at the forefront of stabilizing this system which is in crisis and is in a situation where many teachers leave the system. In schools, "said Minister Saar.

He added that "the Minister of Education has expressed a very clear position, this position is that among the other essential things at this time, raising wages as one of the components that have the power to stabilize the system and reward the people who do the most important work in Israeli society, because education is the most important thing. "It is the national security of the State of Israel. Of course there is an issue of young teachers and we need to reward young teachers more significantly that according to the existing salary model, they earn too little but at the general level in principle there should be a correction in teachers' salaries."

Saar concluded that he "expects everyone from the entire government, including the Minister of Finance, to support the position of the Minister of Education on this critical issue so that we can secure the future of the education system in the State of Israel as something vital to the state of the state. .

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Source: israelhayom

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