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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
View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 6:52 pm
Labor Court rules teachers must stop taking sick days to protest salary cuts
Court says teachers can’t legally strike outside union framework, must return to work; union official says talks on salary agreement ongoing, chair working to improve conditions
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at a plastic bracelet as he visits first graders in Ma'ale Adumim, September 1, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 1, 2023, 12:39 pm
Netanyahu tells first-graders to ‘be kind,’ as 2.5 million students return to class
School year begins with politicians calling for unity amid political tensions, lack of teachers and a narrowly avoided strike
By ToI Staff
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Ashmoret conference in Tel Aviv, January 24, 2023.
January 24, 2023, 1:35 pm
Herzog warns Israel’s leaders: Clash over judicial overhaul ‘could consume us all’
President cites ‘deep concerns’ if coalition proposals are rushed through Knesset, urges dialogue, says Israel at a fateful moment: ‘This powder keg is about to explode’
By Michael Horovitz
From left to right: Teachers' Union Secretary-General Yaffa Ben David, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Bitton and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman hold a press conference following the new salary agreement with teachers on August 31, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 21, 2022, 1:05 pm
Teachers union, government sign long-awaited deal raising wages, adjusting vacation
New teachers to receive NIS 9,000 a month under agreement, principals to start at NIS 19,000; vacation schedule to be changed
By ToI Staff
Israeli kids wear school bags ahead of the first day of school outside their home in Jerusalem on August 31, 2022, ahead of the opening of the secular state education system's academic year. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2022, 6:00 am
After weeks of uncertainty, 1st day of school begins for 2.5 million Israeli pupils
Last-minute agreements with teachers’ unions avert large-scale strikes; 2,496,000 kids, 218,000 education workers head to class Thursday
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli students at a high school in the southern city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020. (Flash90)
September 1, 2022, 12:42 am
2.5 million kids to go back to school Thursday after deal reached with high schools
Last-minute agreement between Treasury and Secondary School Teachers’ Association will shorten school week to 5 days, revamp humanities exams
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Teachers' Union Secretary-General Yaffa Ben David, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Bitton and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman hold a press conference following the new salary agreement with teachers on August 31, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 31, 2022, 10:37 am
Treasury, teachers union reach wage deal to avert strike at start of school year
New teachers to receive NIS 9,000 a month under agreement, principals to start at NIS 19,000; vacation schedule to be changed
By Michael Horovitz
Yaffa Ben David, the secretary general of the Israel Teachers Union, arrives for negotiations at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 30, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 30, 2022, 1:01 pm
Teachers union chief signals optimism in talks to avert strike, but gaps remain
As school year meant to start Thursday, Yaffa Ben David says aim is to iron out details quickly, with significant hurdles cleared; sides still at loggerheads over vacation days
By Michael Horovitz
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