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Sunday, December 27, 2020
Teachers threatens strike if not prioritized to get vaccine
Secretary-general of the Israel Teachers Union head Yaffa Ben-David threatens that the union will declare a labor dispute if all its members are not swiftly vaccinated as part of the country’s mass inoculation program.
The vaccination drive, which began last week, started with medical workers and then moved on to those aged over 60 and at-risk groups.
“It is inconceivable that pedagogic workers who are on the front line will not be vaccinated,” Ben-David says at a meeting of the Knesset Education committee. “The teachers are terribly afraid. ”
She urges a special vaccination program for teachers, separate to the one being run by health maintenance organizations, where the teachers can be quickly inoculated without waiting in line with the general public.
The Times of Israel Community.