Foes played for suckers in teachers strike
Big donations, bold predictions didn’t prevent it
For several months, beginning in late 2010, teachers’ union lobbyists warned that teachers went out on strike a whole lot more back in the days when they were prohibited by law from striking than in the years since they had gained the statutory right to strike.
They warned that attacking teachers was a dangerous game.
They warned that the education reforms being pushed by groups like Stand for Children risked creating a dangerous and possibly uncontrollable backlash.
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