Hundreds protest low salaries for daycare teachers

• Published date: 08 October 2021
• Author: MAARIV ONLINE
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

At the beginning of the week, a strike began at subsidized daycares as part of the protest.

"We get never-ending support from parents who understand and embrace the rights of the daycare teachers to earn with respect," said one of the march's organizers.

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"We turn to the Finance Minister and the Economy Minister, look the daycare teachers in the eye and open your hearts to us, and bring an end to the strike that is harming the parents and the daycare teachers."

The strike started on Sunday and has no time limit. Participants are protesting a shortage of staff and low salaries in comparison to those of teachers at municipal kindergartens. As a result, some 70 thousand children up to the age of three, at 700 daycares, have no routine.

Some 50 thousand children in haredi daycares and those run by community centers are...