Teachers against Yaffa Ben David: "We and the students are ruining the end of the year" | Israel today

Three days before the end of the school year - and tomorrow (Tuesday) the kindergarten teachers and teachers in the primary schools are on strike.

However, among teachers there are more and more voices opposing the path of struggle of the chairman of the Teachers' Union, Yaffa Ben-David.

The teachers' union is shutting down classes in kindergartens, elementary schools and studios across the country this morning, according to it - due to the deadlock in negotiations with the Ministry of Finance over the salaries of teachers.

The Histadrut claims that they reactivated the strike weapon after the finance officials announced that they would not be able to give a higher offer of more than NIS 8,600 a month to a beginning teaching employee and several hundred shekels to a veteran teaching employee.

Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Photo: Arik Sultan

However, along with the great support that Lipa Ben-David has among the teachers, there are quite a few teaching staff, teachers and kindergarten teachers who oppose her and think that she harms the teachers and especially the students.

According to them, a shutdown so short before the end of the school year is ineffective.

"I see a lot of parents that this strike makes it difficult for them. It is not fair to them and to the students and of course it erodes support for us. The vast majority of parents support raising wages, and the strike keeps them away from supporting goals," says Meirav Rahat Teachers are leading change, "she said.

"I think a strike does not allow us, the teachers, to end the year well with the students and part properly. Not only is the path wrong, but also the goal - I believe the demands the Treasury puts on the table are meant to improve the education system, promote teacher status And reduce the gap between young and old teachers. "

Siegel (pseudonym), an elementary school teacher from the center of the country, says: "I and many of my friends are dissatisfied and do not support this destructive strike. We and the students are ruining the end of the school year, after two years of coronation, closures and emotional problems. "Choose a strike that is very easy, but in my eyes destructive. A strike three days before the end of the school year is not the way."

"Mocking Rash"

The secretary general of the Teachers' Union, Yaffa Ben-David, said yesterday: "The only proposal that the curator named is simply mocking Rash.

Despite gestures of goodwill, such as the lifting of sanctions, the Ministry of Finance insists on not resolving the crisis and is leading Israel into chaos next school year as well. "

Although the school year (2002) will end the next day (Thursday), the parents' eyes are on September 1, the beginning of the school year 2003, as the negotiations may continue throughout the summer months without a decision.

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The meeting between Yaffa Ben-David and the director of salaries at the Ministry of Finance, Kobi Bar-Natan, began in the morning, but ended shortly afterwards.

The Ministry of Finance argued that the gaps are still large. The Ministry of Finance operates under the directives of the Speaker in accordance with the term of the outgoing government.

Problematic political situation

A source in the Ministry of Finance explained that due to the fact that this is a transitional government, the Ministry of Finance is more limited in its financial proposal.

The rock of controversy is still the wage model, i.e. how wage increases will be given to young teaching staff and veteran teaching staff.

For example, the Ministry of Finance has made an offer of NIS 8,600 for each beginning teacher, but Yaffa Ben-David is talking about a higher amount that is close to NIS 10,000 a month.

The second issue concerns what the kindergarten teachers and teachers will give in return for the salary increase.

Ben-David believes that teachers should not give anything.

The Ministry of Finance wants a change in the parents' vacation days, among other things to present the public with an achievement.

"There will be no agreement that is just wage increases," said a senior finance ministry official.

He said, "Signing an agreement that is just wage increases is in the hands of the next government. All organizations that negotiate wages will expect unilateral agreements that include only wage increases without giving anything in return.

We insist that no matter what the size of the agreement, it will be significant. "

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