The Teachers Union Secretary-General addressed the teachers' 'sick-out' crisis at the Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth Women's State Conference, saying: "About 5% decided to take matters into their own hands, and it was an educational failure." She emphasized: "Teachers have gone through many upheavals from the COVID period until the war. They showed mental and national resilience, and then the government comes and says - 'we decided to cut your salary because of the war,' that was a mistake. If education workers are doing well - students will do well. The latest agreement raised the starting teacher's salary and that's what will happen in the next agreement too."