Israeli teachers threaten strike over salary issues

Israel's Teachers Association is threatening to soon announce a labor dispute—which could even result in a strike over failure to pay employees in the education system their full salaries on time.

In a letter to Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday, Teachers Association leader Ran Erez rejected the minister's plan to establish a committee, headed by Education Ministry Director-General Michal Cohen, that would formulate a reform on the matter within a month.

"We've had enough with committees," Erez wrote, according to Ynetnews.

"The Education Ministry's director-general doesn't need a month to study the issue. Cohen is familiar with the recurring humiliating treatment of teachers."

Erez went on to note that after four years in her current role and many additional years of experience in the ministry, if the director-general was not aware of the problem, "then this is a very grave situation. If she knew and did nothing, that's even worse."

The Teachers Association leader said he turned to the ministry seeking solutions to the issue, but his overtures were met with no response.