The Customs, VAT, and National Insurance Institute workers are back on the job this morning, following an all-night meeting between Finance Minister Silvan Shalom and the employees\' representatives. Senior university lecturers and Labor and Welfare Ministry employees are still on strike, however. Progress has been made in talks with them. University students are blocking the entrances to Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, and Haifa Universities in protest of the strike. Firefighters are still striking in protest of their meager equipment. A new half-day strike was called today, by Ben-Gurion International Airport workers; all flights are being delayed.