Social workers end strike after signing agreement with Finance Ministry
The end of the strike means that an estimated 1.5 million people will now be able to get the social services they so desperately need during the coronavirus pandemic.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFIsraeli social workers protest their working conditions and violence against them in Tel Aviv on July 19, 2020.(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
The Union of Social Workers agreed to end their 17-day strike after signing agreements with the Finance Ministry on Wednesday, according to Israeli media reports.According to the reports, the social workers will receive a raise and an additional payment listed as “coronavirus benefits.”Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to protest against the unfair employment conditions of social workers, according to Ynet.After the social workers’ strike had reached its 16th day with no meaningful progress being made, thousands gathered to draw Finance Minister Israel Katz’s attention and make some progress regarding their demands. “The Finance Ministry has put all social services in Israel up for sale,” said the head of the social workers’ union.Katz met with chairman of the workers’ union, Arnon Bar-David, and Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli on Tuesday evening in an attempt to formulate the major principles for the agreement between the ministry and the social workers.Among the agreements reached during the meeting is the addition of NIS 200 million for salary raises of social workers as part of a wider reform for improving their working conditions.The end of the strike means that an estimated 1.5 million people will now be able to get the social services they so desperately need during the coronavirus pandemic.
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