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Yesterday on Sunday it was supposed to be the most difficult morning of public transport in years, centered on two consecutive strikes by two different drivers' organizations, in different cities and at different times. But the Regional Labor Court did not approve the strike of the striking drivers who belong to the Histadrut's Transportation Drivers' Organization, and decided to issue restraining orders against them. The planned strike for Monday between 10: 00-12: 00, at present, will not take place. On the other hand, the strike of "Koach LaOvedim" was approved and will take place...

The Bennett-Lapid government has come to an end. The announcement by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid that they had decided to advance the election put the political system in a spin. The bill to dissolve the Knesset will go to a preliminary reading next week. It will then be submitted for preparation to one of the Knesset committees in preparation for the vote in the second and third readings. The Knesset has the option of advancing the vote to final approval within a day or at most a week, and this also depends on agreements on the election date

The government is expected to approve a plan by the Ministries of Science, Energy and Environmental Protection to promote climate technologies, even though Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has already decided to dissolve the Knesset. The scope of the program, which is based on team recommendations between ministries to promote technological innovation in the field of climate, is NIS 3 billion - and it will be submitted to the government for approval on Sunday. The budget of the program comes from the budgets of the offices involved. The work of the headquarters is an initiative of the...

The teachers' union announced on Thursday that it has suspended the sanctions it has been taking for the past two weeks, so that classes in kindergartens and elementary schools will take place tomorrow as usual. The organization's announcement said that the sanctions were suspended at the request of Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Bitton, "and after a matter-of-fact meeting of Histadrut secretary general Yaffa Ben-David with the finance commissioner, Kobi Bar-Natan." The parties will meet again on Sunday. Ben-David said she "hopes for continued matter-of-fact and honest negotiations with...

After the budget discussions with the Ministry of Finance for next year were stopped due to the fall of the government, the Ministry of Transportation announced that it was willing to transfer a one-time budget to increase the initial salary of bus drivers on public transportation, from 43 to 47 shekels per hour. In exchange for transferring the money to the bus service operators, the Ministry of Transportation demands that the workers' organizations that are taking sanctions - power for workers and the Histadrut - undertake not to strike until March 2023. The Minister of Transportation,...

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