Lawmakers Consider Banning Teacher Strikes

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- There was a heated debate at the state Capitol Wednesday as lawmakers considered banning teacher strikes.


Pennsylvania is one of 13 states in the country that allows public school teachers to strike. Whether that is appropriate is an issue bubbling to the surface in Harrisburg.
Members of the state Senate Education Committee were presented with statistics, including the fact that Pennsylvania often leads the country in the number of teacher strikes conducted each year.

.....MORE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------