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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

teachers' strikes

Teachers protest as they demand better pay and working conditions at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 14, 2025, 10:41 pm
Hundreds of teachers protest for fair pay, better conditions in Tel Aviv
Demonstration comes after weeks of disputes over salary cuts, strike action; secondary school teachers union chair Ran Erez warns: ‘Without education, this country has no future’
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teachers' strike, on May 6, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 8, 2025, 9:58 am
Teachers reach new deal with Finance Ministry to end strike action over wage cuts
Under plan, teaching staff salaries will drop by 0.95% instead of 3.3%; implementing framework will require changes in legislation
By ToI Staff
A few students go back to school in Tel Aviv following a country wide teachers strike over a cut in their wages, May 6, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 3:36 am
Escalating nationwide strike, teachers threaten mass resignations over salary cuts
Many schools to remain closed for a fourth straight day as educators reject deal between teachers’ union and Finance Ministry that would see pay cut reduced from 3.3% to 0.95%
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a strike, on May 4, 2025. Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 10:17 am
Hundreds of schools, kindergartens stay shut as teachers continue unofficial strike
Tel Aviv and Sharon regions said hardest hit as staff call in sick for third day; Education Ministry orders regional administrators to summon organizers for a hearing
By ToI Staff
View of a closed school in Givatayim, during a strike, on May 5, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 5, 2025, 5:52 pm
Many schools, kindergartens still closed despite deal as teachers protest salary cut
Around 10% of workforce said to use sick days, irate over concessions made by Teachers Union chief; strike leader says deal ‘denigrates’ hardworking teachers
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a strike, on May 4, 2025 (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
May 5, 2025, 4:12 am
Teachers Union, treasury announce deal, but tens of thousands still planning to strike
Salary cut reduced from 3.3% to 0.95%; many schools expected to shut altogether Monday as some staffers decry ‘disgraceful agreement’ touted by education, finance ministers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 4, 2025, 11:05 am
Some schools open after judge cuts teachers’ strike short by an hour
Labor court rejects government request for injunction to stop action, but thousands of staff call in sick, keeping many schools shut
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of students on the first day of school, at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, on September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 2, 2025, 2:08 pm
Teachers to strike Sunday morning in protest of surprise cuts to salaries
Hundreds of kindergarten teachers call in sick Friday in protest action after Finance Ministry cuts salaries by 3.3% amid Gaza war
By ToI Staff
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
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