The Associated Press: WA official: Only US teacher strike nears end:
"It is the only teacher strike in the nation taking place this week, and experts said they are becoming rarer across the nation. But that's not necessarily the case in Washington; teachers in a city east of Seattle staged a two-week strike last fall.
Rich Wood, a spokesman for the state's largest teacher's union, said strikes are not that common because most states do not allow them and and some ban collective bargaining.
Longer contracts and accommodating teachers who understand the budget pressures school districts are experiencing are two other reasons strikes are becoming rarer, said Janet Bass, spokeswoman for the American Federation of Teachers, the nation's second-largest teachers union."
"It is the only teacher strike in the nation taking place this week, and experts said they are becoming rarer across the nation. But that's not necessarily the case in Washington; teachers in a city east of Seattle staged a two-week strike last fall.
Rich Wood, a spokesman for the state's largest teacher's union, said strikes are not that common because most states do not allow them and and some ban collective bargaining.
Longer contracts and accommodating teachers who understand the budget pressures school districts are experiencing are two other reasons strikes are becoming rarer, said Janet Bass, spokeswoman for the American Federation of Teachers, the nation's second-largest teachers union."