Haaretz: Lecturers end longest higher education strike in Israel’s history
Striking university faculty Friday officially signed an agreement with treasury officials, bringing the months’ long strike over senior lecturers’ wages to an end.
The agreement was drafted by Histadrut labor federation chair Ofer Eini, who said he was pleased that the professors and treasury were “responsible enough to reach an agreement that would salvage the academic year.”
Eini added “I don’t want to even think about the potential damage that could have been caused had the academic year been canceled.”
The compromise deal is substantially lower than the lecturers’ original demands, and stands on a 16.8 percent compensation for salary erosion over the past ten years.
The deal brings to an end the universities’ 90-day strike – the longest higher education strike in Israel’s history.
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