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BigmanPigman

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1. I was the union rep at my school site

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 03:38 AM

Tuesday

and my experience has been over 15 years. It's so difficult to get teachers to strike. It pissed me off a lot. Many of them said they "couldn't do that to the poor children", etc.

The strike I remember was ended when the local TV news ran a true story about a high school student dressed in a tie and jacket and the district said he could be a substitute teacher during the strike! The strike ended soon after that.

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