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Words of the Intern

"Even as a waiter I earned more."

"I work from 8 am until 6 pm daily, except for Fridays. And sometimes I

even stay passed those working hours," said yesterday A.T, an intern in a

law firm of tort law.

"For every hour of work I earn only 20 shekel (an hour) [in a month], in

additional payment of traveling according to the bus fare, and the hours

make it impossible [to have] another job in order to complete my

income."

"Whether you work 8 hours a day or stay in the office more than 12

consecutive hours, you receive the same sum. There are no extra hours.

There are no socio-economic conditions, no pension, no provident fund,

no parking or sharing expenses of food and gas. The sum that I make in a

month does not cover even my car expenses, not to mention [talk] rent

and regular expenses."

"To get a haircut costs money. Toothpaste costs money, also going out

once in a while, in order to clear the head from the difficult job and the

daily troubles costs money- a lot.

my standard of living has gone down drastically since I've started

interning, and I really hope that the change will happen and that it will be
significant. I never earned minimum wage for my skills, even as a waiter

I earned more."

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