**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Perhaps Lev, would like to explain to the rest of us union members who exactly WILL lead the opposition to the Dovrat fiasco if not the unions. Sorry Lev but you seem to have it the wrong way around. There is only strength in numbers and the union is the only way we can fight this riduculous excuse for a budget cut and wholesale firing of teachers. I for one do not want to work in a job where the head teacher has the god given right to hire and fire on a whim. Any teachers who think that they don't already work 40 or more hours a week should sit down with a pencil and paper and calculate how many hours they really invest. You will be surprised. We all have to stand together and make sure that if the system is reformed it is not under the auspices of Dovrat but within the framework of a well thought out plan that is not trying to turn each school into a hi tech company with the main aim of making a profit. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####