NEWS CLIPS

7 Days: House Panel Votes to Ban Teacher Strikes

By Terri Hallenbeck 
March 17, 2015

Last October, after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with the school board, South Burlington teachers went on strike. Schools closed. Parents had to make other arrangements for their children. After five days of that, the school board and teachers settled on a contract.
But before the strike ended, Gov. Peter Shumlin and others suggested that perhaps it was time for Vermont to outlaw teacher strikes, as many other states do.