Strikes are illegal for school workers

This time around, it’s classified employees in Southwest Washington’s Evergreen Public Schools refusing to do work they chose and for which taxpayers pay them.

The Evergreen workers who are striking belong to a union that includes part-time paraeducators, bus drivers and other service workers who work fewer than eight hours a day, 180-190 days a year, as well as some full-time workers, such as mechanics, maintenance and information technology workers who work eight hours per day, 260 days per year. Teachers in the district support the strike and are experiencing an extended summer break.

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