Kindergarten children and elementary school students will join studies in the last 2 days

Kindergarten children and elementary school students will arrive at the educational institutions in the last two days of the school year: The Teachers' Union announced today (Tuesday) - in the midst of the strike - that in the next two days of the year for kindergarten and elementary school students, studies will take place. They noted that the reason for this is the announcement by Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman that there is no legal restriction on reaching a new wage agreement with teaching staff.
"I was happy to hear Finance Minister Lieberman say today on Radio Kabal with a committee that the Attorney General has not set any limits to negotiations with us," said Teacher Federation Secretary Yaffa Ben-David. Education until a solution is found. "
Yesterday was a tumultuous day of negotiations between the parties, at the height of which the teachers' union announced a return to sanctions and the suspension of studies today. Ben-David claimed yesterday that "the Ministry of Finance took advantage of our good intentions to end the sanctions and held idle meetings. The proposals put forward by them shame the teaching profession and will cause the education system to collapse."
In recent meetings between the parties, the Ministry of Finance proposed a compromise according to which a beginning teacher will receive a salary of NIS 8,600. The teachers' union, on the other hand, demands a salary of NIS 10,500 for a beginning teacher, and the Ministry of Education, which supports its demands, said that the minimum should be NIS 10,000. Yesterday, the parties met again - but the talks ended without any results, and the gaps remained large. Sources close to the negotiations also said the atmosphere during the talks was difficult.
The Ministry of Finance claimed yesterday that "the statements that idle meetings were held are false and shameful and it would have been good if they had not been raised. ".
Apart from the issue of wages, the parties also disagree on the issue of adjusting teachers 'vacation days to vacation days in the economy, and the secretary general of the Teachers' Union strongly opposes changes in summer vacation days. In addition, there is a dispute between the parties regarding the provision of incentives to "outstanding teachers".