Teachers' unions strike for various reasons. Sometimes, it is a matter of endangering parents' livelihoods, jeopardizing children's futures, and altogether holding local authorities to ransom in order to gain leverage at the bargaining table when discussing compensation and perks. Other times, it's a matter applying similar pressure in order to advance a costly political agenda that might not otherwise gain traction if pursued via transparent democratic processes free of coercion. Teachers'... Read this story
