What do you think about the teachers going on strike?

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People keep saying that Teachers are upset because they're losing money or sick days or whatever and that they are just greedy. The teachers AGREED to a wage freeze the issue that they are protesting is the government introducing LAW to take away their right to negotiate their contract.

Teachers have a very difficult job and should have just as much right as anyone else to strike for better conditions and a fair wage. Teachers are some of the hardest working people in any profession under some of the most difficult conditions. They have every right to strike if it will improve their working conditions and pay.

Otherwise we end up with dissatisfied teachers, and a high turnover among teachers. The children will ultimately suffer if teachers are not respected and treated justly.

Teachers although they may need to take action to improve conditions and pay scales should not strike.

There are other forms of protest that would impact their students and parents to a lesser degree while still being effective. An example would be to refuse to fulfill their many administrative responsibilities, or recruiting the support of students and parents.

I believe teachers should have the right to strike if their benefits are been reduce or are been abuse at work or making less money year after year without a cost of living raise. After all, we all seem to pay more taxes every year and that is where their money comes from, and the government is just another employer, nothing special, so who is keeping that 3% I pay more in taxes every year?

People keep saying that Teachers are upset because they're losing money or sick days or whatever and that they are just greedy.

I think so. Now is not the time to be cracking down on teachers "for the sake of the children.

I believe that it is ok for teachers to go on strike because being a teacher is a highly respected occupation since they educate people of every stage. If the resources they are supplied with are not enough to continue their job, they have a right to revolt and go on strike until their needs are met.

Teachers are some of the hardest working people in any profession under some of the most difficult conditions. They have every right to strike if it will improve their working conditions and pay.

Teachers although they may need to take action to improve conditions and pay scales should not strike. There are other forms of protest that would impact their students and parents to a lesser degree while still being effective.

Teachers are costing innocent students their education While teachers are striking, kids are losing their education which is unfair. Teachers are public servants and they need to take full responsibility for their students.

They sign up to be a teacher, knowing their working conditions. And if they don't like their conditions, maybe the job is not made for them.

As a stated before innocent children are lacking their education while teachers are striking.

Yes I believe teachers should have the right to strike if their benefits are been reduce or are been abuse at work or making less money year after year without a cost of living raise. After all, we all seem to pay more taxes every year and that is where their money comes from, and the government is just another employer, nothing special, so who is keeping that 3% I pay more in taxes every year?

I lived through a teacher strike in the middle of the 1970s, and the effect stuck with me all these years. I was only in 4th or 5th grade, but I knew that I was being cheated.

The issue is NOT money. People keep saying that Teachers are upset because they're losing money or sick days or whatever and that they are just greedy.

Don’t get me wrong - schools are for education, not warehousing children. But teachers make a commitment to consistently providing their professional services much like first responders or doctors - when they are not present, society breaks down.

Teachers although they may need to take action to improve conditions and pay scales should not strike.

Why, then, would teachers ever go on strike? Well, for more money, more benefits, and more protections ... one can always ask. But to strike is to demand.

I also feel strongly that many teachers in our country are under-appreciated, underpaid, and poorly managed. Many also are asked to perform duties that are outside of their training and the norms for others.

I believe that it is ok for teachers to go on strike because being a teacher is a highly respected occupation since they educate people of every stage.

Teachers are striking, kids are losing their education which is unfair.

I believe that we should have mechanisms in place to address these situations, and I know that we will fail as a society if we do not have teachers who are excited to perform their jobs.