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somegridplayer t1_j7fkoxn wrote

Reply to comment by 96suluman in Woburn schools to open Monday - strike ends with tentative agreement by GyantSpyder

Healey refuses to? The state legislature refuses to.

Just so you know, this isn't the first teacher strike in the state. Might want to brush up on your history there a touch.

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96suluman t1_j7fmtrc wrote

Public strikes are banned in Massachusetts. Since 1919. The first red scare was used as an excuse to ban strikes.

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somegridplayer t1_j7fn4bd wrote

Yet they still happen. Funny that.

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Principal_Scudworth_ t1_j7g3lkj wrote

And unions are still subject to massive fines, and police action, if they choose to strike. Funny that.

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somegridplayer t1_j7g3z3j wrote

And every so often a bill gets introduced to overturn it, yet it gets killed, but I'm sure you totally knew that already.

That sadly isn't funny, just uniformed like usual.

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Principal_Scudworth_ t1_j7g4zb5 wrote

Right, and that's why having the ability to strike is so important. It forces the municipalities to negotiate in good faith. Because, as recent evidence suggests, municipalities don't need to argue in good faith.

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