Poland trips for Israeli students may be canceled over the latest Foreign Ministry workers’ strike, Army Radio reports.
As part of the strike calling for higher salaries, diplomats are refusing to give diplomatic passports to security guards who accompany school groups traveling to Poland.
The fight between the diplomatic service and the Finance Ministry over diplomats’ stagnant pay has been going on for several years. The diplomats have argued that past agreements were not honored and budgets were not approved.
After a number of previous strikes since 2013, unions renewed civil action this week.
Some 70 schools and over 8,000 students are likely to be affected in the latest strike, the report says.
In response, the Finance and Education ministries are turning to the regional Labor Court in Jerusalem to force Foreign Ministry workers to supply the passports.
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