Shasha Biton against the Treasury: whoever announces a final offer does not want to end the crisis

In the shadow of the threats of the strike on September 1, the Minister of Education is participating in a conference preparing for the start of the next school year alongside the chairman of the teachers' organization Ran Erez, the secretary general of the teachers' union Yaffe Ben David and others.

The minister called "being mobilized to bring about a wage agreement, it is impossible to keep straining the nerves of the entire State of Israel"

Uri Sela

08/18/2022

Thursday, August 18, 2022, 08:28 Updated: 10:27

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In the video: the Minister of Finance accuses the teachers of trying to take the parents and students hostage (photo: Roni Knafo)

Against the background of the crisis in the talks between the Ministry of Finance and the Teachers' Union and the threats not to open the schools on September 1, a conference to prepare for the opening of the school year is being held today (Thursday) in Gani Tikva. Ben David, Director General of the Ministry of Education Dalit Strauber and the chairman of the national parent leadership Mirom Schiff. Also expected to arrive are Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, the mayor of Maccabim Reot and the chairman of the local government center Mr. Haim Bibbs and others.

The conference will present the work plan of Ministry of Education for the upcoming school year and it is being held a day after the presentation of the improved outline formulated by the Ministry of Finance in an attempt to reduce the points of disagreement with the Ministry of Education and the Teachers' Union.

The Minister of Education Shasha-Biton opened the conference and stated that in the last year she, together with the chairman of the local government center, "try to get out of the box and give creative solutions" to the crisis, "we reached agreements with the teachers' organization", and added that "we are waiting for the approval of the finance ministry, I hope That it will be behind us." She called "Being mobilized to bring a wage agreement before September 1, it is impossible to continue with the dynamic of straining the nerves of the entire State of Israel.

The children go to bed on August 31st and do not know if they will wake up to the opening system.

Parents deserve more peace and certainty."

She revealed that last night she met with Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Yair Lapid, and it was agreed that today the director general of the ministry and the salary commissioner will sit down to reach agreements, "that we can come up with an agreement that will allow us to look at the teachers and say that we did For them the best," she said, "We don't want a Band-Aid."

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"Parents deserve more peace and certainty."

Ben David, Shasha-Beaton and Biebs (Photo: Niv Aaronson)

"Threats not to open the school year".

An empty classroom (Photo: Flash 90, David Cohen)

She continued to attack the Treasury, "I was quite surprised when I heard that the Treasury said yesterday after the meeting that the proposal he gave was the final proposal. Whoever said that is not sure that he came to the meeting in good faith to resolve things," she claimed, "Certainly when talking about restraining orders instead of investing energy in ending the crisis Nevertheless, I instructed the CEO to come today as well with a desire and to give an opportunity to reach agreements." Shasha-Biton expressed hope that the Ministry of Education "will meet on the other side people who want the same thing and are not motivated by unclear interests not to sign a salary agreement and drag us all into a strike. Even until October 1 for them.

We are not interested in them, neither the parents nor the students."

Since the stormy end of the last year, when the Secretary General of the Histadrut Yaffe Ben David decided to close elementary schools and kindergartens, the Ministry of Finance and the Histadrut have not been able to break through to conclusions in talks on the new salary agreement. It is also on the agenda on September 1. Also, for two months, the teachers' union demonstrated in front of the Prime Minister's residence amid the crisis.

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