Hundreds of Ariel University employees demonstrated against the institution’s management: “They don’t finish the month! It is forbidden for the wages of the workers to be wasted.” Hundreds of members of the administrative staff of Ariel University in Samaria, who are in a labor dispute with the management of the university, intensified their fight against the management of the institution and held a demonstration in which hundreds of them protested against the conditions of their employment.
The administrative staff of Ariel University, whose employees are unionized in the National Histadrut, announced a labor dispute about 20 days ago. The conflict was declared in view of the management’s attitude towards the salary situation, attrition and the workload of the employees.
The work disruptions entered the fourth day of protest and as stated in it, the hundreds of workers protested against the conditions of their employment and the great burden they are forced to work outside of the NMR (President, CEO, Rector) meeting.
Among the other slogans and signs they waved, the workers chanted: “No, no, it’s not pleasant to work here without conditions”, “Without workers, there are no achievements” and “We are equal”.
According to a senior official at Unbarista: “The administrative staff is carrying out sanctions because the conditions of the workers are indeed unsatisfactory.”
Hamda Hadi, Chairman of the Executive Staff Committee: “The employees of the administrative staff of Ariel University request a comparison of conditions to employees at other universities. The acceptance of our university into the LORE (Committee of University Heads), only strengthens our position. The employees of the administrative staff worked hard to turn the institution into a university and we know that the management understands and sees the reality as we do. The university administration must enter into quick negotiations with us to find solutions. It is forbidden for the wages of the workers to be wasted.”
Udi Manor, Director of the Labor Relations Division at the National Histadrut: “We have no choice but to continue the work disruptions and at the same time we call on the university administration to enter into intensive and real negotiations with us to regulate the salary and conditions of the administrative staff once and for all with an emphasis on comparing salary and conditions as it exists in other universities .”