Wisconsin: Striking teachers striking out (Update)

In the school district where I was teaching, there was a time the union asked us to strike.

The PTA community sent word to us via the school principal there were no circumstances they would support us. They told us that we teachers and the union were to find other ways to settle our differences with the school board.

They told us that we were to stay in our classes to do what we were hired to do and that was to teach their children.

After the meeting with the principal, it was amazing how quickly conversations in the teachers’ lounge changed that day.

We did not strike.

In my opinion, most students feel their teachers love them and they can become confused with their teacher striking and not being there teaching them. It's an ownership thing but not to the negative. A students’ world can be easily put into a state of disarray by the conduct of their teacher and especially it you share similarities.
As always,
BB

Democratic senators flee Wisconsin, teachers strike for second day in a row
By Jackie Larkin
Excerpt:
Teachers in the metro Madison and Milwaukee areas have also fled their positions, and taken to the streets. Thousands of union teachers called in “sick” on Wednesday and Thursday, joining the masses of already gathered protesters in numbers estimated at around 20,000 in and around the State Capitol building. Due to the large number of absenses, many schools were forced to call off classes on Wednesday and Thursday, with many threatening to do the same on Friday. In the Madison area and surrounding communities, 21 districts closed their schools. [5] About four schools in the Milwaukee area closed, two of them canceling parent/teacher conferences.
Read more at:
http://ballotnews.org/2011/02/18/14-democratic-senators-flee-wisconsin-teachers-strike-for-second-day-in-a-row/

(Update)

UPDATE: Madison Schools Go To Court To Get Teachers Back
Excerpt:
UPDATED Friday, February 18, 2011 --- 8:00 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A judge has denied a bid by the Madison School District to force teachers back to work.

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But a leader of the teachers union says teachers will return to the classroom Tuesday.
Read more at:
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Madison_Schools_Prepare_For_Staff_Absences_116265614.html