Jerusalem Post: Teachers’ union cancels school strike
he school year will open on schedule Sunday, after the teachers’ union reached an agreement Friday with Education Minister Yuli Tamir and the Finance Ministries on layoff benefits and teacher rehiring.
On Thursday, the Education and Internal Security Ministries reached an agreement on school security, under which the ministries would jointly finance the balance of the sum needed for providing security at some 700 schools. The amount in question was about NIS 30 million. Following the agreements, teachers decided to drop the strike, union representatives said.
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