| > It would also be interesting to do such a study comparing
| states where
| > it is legal for teachers to strike and one's where it is illegal.
| >
| > Joel R.
| >
|
| I'm not sure what such a study would mean. In most states
| where it is illegal for teachers to strike, they do it
| anyway. The school committees then appeal to the courts who
| then decide if the strike is doing irreparable harm to the
| students. Most courts let the strike continue for a week or
| so before they finally throw the union leaders in jail for a
| few hours or days to break the strike. The teachers
| themselves are imprisoned only as a last resort.
|
| The threat of a strike is just as effective whether or not it
| is illegal in a particular state.
|
| Bob at PC
| (Just finished a two day strike in the town of East Greenwich
| here in RI
| - even though teacher strikes are illegal in this state)
| _
Apparently folks are more easily intimidated in our state.