ABSTRACT
The history of teacher strikes in the United States, while not extensively studied in comparison with strikes in other sectors of the economy, is as significant as it is vast. Indeed, the sheer number of teacher strikes in American history is difficult to quantify, but it is safe to say that the number of strikes of at least one day in duration since the beginning of the collective bargaining era in 1960 would be well over 3,000. Therefore, this article will focus on those strikes by K–12 teachers that were the most significant in terms of size, precedence, or issues involved.
