Teachers Union chairman Ran Erez addressed the protest against education workers' salary cuts, saying in a ynet studio interview that 'strikes are impossible because it's law. We are committed to industrial peace under the labor agreement, and we've appealed to the Supreme Court to stop this cut.' According to him, 'You can never be in consensus. We are fighting for the country's future and our economic and employment future.' He said about Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that he is 'consistent in harming organized labor,' and criticized Education Minister Yoav Kisch: 'He flips like a steak in a pan.'