Hundreds of parents and nursery teachers joined a march on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon to protest teachers’ wages and working conditions.
Earlier in 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 daycare teachers to earn with respect,” said one of the march’s organizers.
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The strike began on Sunday and has no time limit. The participants are protesting against the shortage of staff and lower wages compared to teachers in municipal kindergartens. As a result, around 70,000 children up to the age of three in 700 daycares have no routine.
Hundreds of parents and teachers take part in a march to protest low pay for daycare teachers. (credit: credit)
About 50,000 children in Haredi daycare and children run by community centers are going to daycares, as they are not under the finance ministry.
“The government is forcing us to go on strike for refusing to talk to us,” the protesters said. He said daycares suffer from shortage of manpower due to lower wages and significant pay gaps as compared to local daycares.