1889 Institute: Legislature should shield kids from Teachers' Union strikes

The Oklahoma Legislature Should Shield Kids from Teachers' Union Strikes By Ben Lepak Oklahoma’s largest teachers’ union has demanded the state adopt a policy that would see schools in 39 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties closed if only three people test positive in the entire county. Any excuse appears to be enough for unions to demand teachers be allowed to stay home from work, but still get paid. The lesson unions took from their successful 2018 walkout is that unbending obstinacy and elevation of adults’ economic interests over children’s well-being and educational advancement will not be punished, but rewarded. The Legislature should make sure this lesson is unlearned. It can do so by revising the state’s existing teacher strike law to squarely ban public employees from going on strike, punishable by an automatic loss of employment and benefits, like pensions. Texas has such a law. There hasn’t been a single public employee strike in that state since the law’s passage in 1993. Incidentally, Democrats controlled Texas when that law was enacted. There was a time when even champions of organized labor like Franklin Roosevelt recognized government employee strikes for what they are, a subversion of government. Read more » by Jamison Faught - November 01, 2020 at 03:04PM

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