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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

teachers' strikes

Officials sign a new teachers' agreement, on September 23, 2024. Left to to right: Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Head of Wages and Labor Agreements at the Federation of Local Authorities Hagit Magen, Federation of Local Authorities chair Haim Bibas and Secondary School Teachers' Association chief Ran Erez (Education Ministry)
September 23, 2024, 3:17 pm
Government, teachers’ union announce 5-year salary agreement
New deal includes retroactive grant and raises for teachers, principals and specialized staff; agreement allows for trial run of ‘individual contracts’ for some new hires
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A school built for children and teens who were evacuated from their homes due to the security situation, in the northern Israeli town of Rosh Pina, on August 26, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 12:45 pm
Reports of disarray as high schools reopen after abrupt halt to teachers’ strike
Union head Erez says teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the country’ but won’t submit grades; late notice denounced by student, parent and teachers’ groups
By Gavriel Fiske
Secondary School Teachers Association chair Ran Erez attends a Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 2:10 am
Union head: Teachers’ strike ‘suspended’; student, parent bodies denounce late notice
Ran Erez says high school teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the state’ but won’t submit grades or permit off-campus activities; other unions: Don’t go to school Monday
By Gavriel Fiske
Teachers' Association chief Ran Erez attends an Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2024, 6:34 pm
High school teachers’ strike may ‘certainly’ last until late October, union head says
Ran Erez also says education minister ‘doesn’t understand his job’; strike, which began Sunday, affects over 500,000 students who are already behind due to years of pandemic, war
By Gavriel Fiske
View of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, during a strike, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 4:10 pm
No end in sight for high school teachers’ strike after talks end with no progress
Expecting ongoing stoppage, Education Ministry confirms intent to open ‘alternative frameworks’ next week to provide non-academic activities for students
By Gavriel Fiske
Left: Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021; Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 12:18 pm
Poll: 69% think Netanyahu shouldn’t run in next election, Bennett favored for PM
Just 18% of respondents plan to watch government ceremony to mark Oct. 7 anniversary; as school year set to start with high school strike, 59% say Kisch doing terrible job
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Yoav Kisch, left, and Teachers Union head Ran Erez, right (both photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 5:35 pm
High school teachers union chief declares strike over salary dispute with government
Ran Erez says educators will go on strike September 1, the start of the new school year, as he and the education minister trade blame for deadlocked contract negotiations
By Gavriel Fiske
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
August 17, 2024, 12:02 pm
‘School will not start,’ warns head of Teachers Union amid impasse in wage talks
Finance Ministry blames teachers for refusing to reach agreement during ‘complicated time’; union says ministry held negotiations ‘for sake of appearance’ ahead of new school year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students take their mathematics matriculation examination in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 12, 2023, 6:36 pm
Teachers, Treasury reach new wage agreement after high schoolers stay home
High school staff to receive advance for salary boost, will stop sanctions that saw them withhold grades and halt extracurricular activities
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: Keshet high school students in Jerusalem on May 20, 2019. (Courtesy Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 6, 2023, 6:52 am
Teachers union threatens strike, accuses Finance Ministry of deception in new deal
Union representing secondary school educators says government officials ‘immediately violated commitment’ just days after 11th-hour agreement averted a strike last week
By ToI Staff
Israeli children who will begin 1st grade in the upcoming academic school year pose for a picture in Moshav Yashresh, August 23, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 1, 2023, 6:45 am
As school year kicks off, education system said to be down thousands of teachers
Elementary schools missing 3,000 teachers, high schools lacking 20% of their staff, says Teachers’ Association; minister claims figures are lower, but problems still extend further
By Jeremy Sharon
People walk outside the Gymnasia Rehavia high school in Jerusalem on June 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2023, 10:36 pm
High schools to open on time as teachers, Treasury reach deal to avert strike
11th-hour agreement will give educators extra NIS 2,000 a month, eventually, and drop some small-group teaching hours in favor of classroom lecturing
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Keshet high school students take an examination in Jerusalem on May 20, 2019 (Courtesy Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 2:05 am
Union says high school teachers to skip parties, Poland trips as wage flap ramps up
Secondary School Teachers’ Association met with backlash from teachers, students and treasury after announcing latest measures to pressure government for higher salaries
By ToI Staff
Illustration of an empty classroom in a school in Mevaseret Zion, August 27, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 29, 2023, 11:02 pm
Labor court halts Sunday’s planned high school teachers’ strike
Court rules short notice and method of announcing walkout for grades 10-11 over low wages is unlawful
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 28, 2023, 6:12 pm
High school teachers call Sunday strike to protest for higher wages
Education Ministry says it’ll ask labor court to block cancellation of classes for 10th and 11th graders, accuses union of harming students
By ToI Staff
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