In Las Vegas-area Clark County, over 18,000 teachers are preparing to strike. The teachers are upset that money set aside by the state to give teachers significant raises isn’t being used for that purpose.
Since teachers are not allowed to strike in Nevada, formal dates have yet to be set for a strike. However, teachers say they are prepared to begin engaging in walkouts unless something is done.
Teachers say they are refusing to work overtime until the situation is resolved. They are now asking that Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo intervene to resolve the dispute.
“It is reflective of a statewide problem right now. We have a crisis of vacancies, and it is not being addressed. The governor and the legislature passed money to address that, and it is not happening,” Clark County Education Association President John Vellardita told KTNV. “So we are asking for that intervention.”
For more, check out KTNV : https://www.ktnv.com/news/education/why-is-governor-lombardo-expected-to-step-in-on-clark-county-teacher-salary-negotiations-we-find-out
I don’t understand how it would fit in anyone’s head that making a strike illegal would ever be a good idea.
An “illegal” strike basically just means it’s not protected. In other words, they can fire you for striking.
I wonder who they plan on replacing the teachers with if they fire them given part of the reason the teachers are striking is a lack of teaching staff to fill available positions …
If you’re going broke while working then getting fired for striking is kinda moot. Hopefully they get what they are asking for.
Also, it super pisses me off that most people see striking employees, teachers and nurses in particular, as greedy or lazy. Raise your own fucking kids and treat your own illnesses if it is so easy.
For now.
The whole labor relations board exists because strikes got brutal and bloody in the past.
If all strikes are illegal then violent strikes are on the horizon if history is any measure.
So it worked for them this time (they still had to make some tiny concessions, nowhere near enough).
Treat teachers like shit then prevent them from striking.
#JustAmericanThings
Illegal strikes are the best kind of strikes
Weird how they have a hard time filling positions. My school district had over 100 applicants for every job opening. Of course the lowest wage starts out at $59k for a BA and $72K for a masters.
Vegas and here have similar costs of living.
The Vegas county is proposing paying $52K to starting BA (up from 49k) and 65K for a masters degree (up from $49K!!!).
All the important strikes are illegal, that’s how you can tell they’re important.
