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It's sometimes illegal for teachers to even go on strike. My area had an incident where striking teachers were arrested and taken to jail.
by heavyset_go 4y ago
It's sometimes illegal for teachers to even go on strike. My area had an incident where striking teachers were arrested and taken to jail.
- folli 4y ago"The floggings will continue until moral improves"
- tdeck 4y agoSometimes they win demands even when the strike is illegal. The 2018 West Virginia teacher's strike turned into a wildcat (unauthorized) strike but that didn't stop them from winning a 5% pay raise. It does depend a lot on community support and sympathy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_West_Virginia_teachers%27_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_West_Virginia_teachers%...
- heavyset_go 4y agoSome states it's just illegal for teachers to strike at all, wildcat or not, or even to organize with unions.
- tdeck 4y agoA wildcat strike is always illegal in the US. Organizing a union isn't illegal in any state, it's about whether the union gets official recognition and official bargaining rights. My point was that it's possible to win even if you don't have those things.
- wongarsu 4y agoIn jail they won't come to work either. That sounds more like a scare tactic
- heavyset_go 4y agoIt's less of a scare tactic and more of a way to punish and prevent teachers from organizing in the first place.