Kindergartens, elementary and middle schools to start at 11 a.m. Sunday, Teachers Union says

The Israel Teachers Union announces that following a breakdown of negotiations with the Education Ministry, studies in kindergartens, elementary schools and middle schools will start at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Special education institutions are exempted from the strike, and high schools are under the purview of a different union.

From 8 a.m. until 11 a.m., teachers will hold “public relations conferences” but won’t accept schoolkids, the statement says.

The Union accuses the Finance Ministry of “purposely and systematically” sabotaging ongoing talks aimed at improving the conditions of education employees, but not negotiating continuously and not showing up to a meeting on the matter with its representatives and with Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

Union Secretary General Yaffa Ben David vows to continue its struggle, accusing the treasury of being “arrogant and morally blind” and of behaving with “outrageous indifference.”