It started October 17, 1994, and it went on for 38 school days. It had quite a profound impact on me, including a change of political parties. And who ever would have believed it would go on so long (not to mention going to school until after the 4th of July).
It was the intention of the school board and administration to "Break the Union." They didn't. Only about ten of the 400+ teachers crossed the line and in the end, after they couldn't get anymore of those people, they were forced to actually begin negotiations.
And, we ended up with most of what we had asked for at the beginning.
I will be writing about it in my Cooter's History Thing Blog today.
Actually, today we are planning on going to Waukegan to walk the line with those teachers, who begin day eleven of their strike today. Wonder if I can fin my old "Don't tread on Me" flag.
Something That Needn't Have Happened. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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