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Anyone have insights onto what hurdles might be in the way of organizing a multi-state teacher strike?
by crawfordcomeaux 4y ago
Anyone have insights onto what hurdles might be in the way of organizing a multi-state teacher strike?
- sidewndr46 4y agoMy mom is a public school teacher. The union labor contract forbids striking.
- koolba 4y agoI don’t think they’d win anything from it. Plus parents would be riled at their State subsidized babysitters shirking their primary duty. The root of the low salaries isn’t a demand problem anyway, it’s a supply problem. There’s tons of people who can teach and they’re willing to do it for the current wages.
- debacle 4y agoFour states have already switched over to a voucher system. I believe over a dozen more are expected to follow this year. Public education in the US will be dead within the decade. A multi-state strike would just hasten it.
- crawfordcomeaux 4y agoThen let's hasten it and get something to replace it rolling now?