----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel - ydaleph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: teacher's strike FYI Secondary school teachers to go on strike beginning Wednesday By Or Kashti and Tamara Traubmann, Haaretz Correspondent The Secondary Schools Teachers' Association decided Tuesday to go on strike throughout the country beginning Wednesday, shutting down grades 7 through 12. "Despite the fact that the Finance Ministry committed itself in writing to conducting uninterrupted, intensive, and effective negotiations, we have remained in the same situation," said Ran Erez, the association's chairman, prior to the decision. "This attempt has also failed," he added. "It has been made clear to us beyond any doubt that the objective of the Finance Ministry is to drag its feet, get as close as possible to the end of the school year, and delay continuation of the struggle to next year. We have received negative responses to all of our demands, and the Finance Ministry was committed to dealing first with shortening the process of firing teachers ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - www.etni.org ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------