From Payday Report: Kentucky Teachers’ “Sickout” Strike Expected to Continue Through Monday
By MIKE ELK
Payday Report has learned through conversations with teachers’ union activists in Kentucky that statewide “sickout strikes” are expected to continue through Monday.
On Thursday, schools in the state’s two largest cities, Lexington and Louisville as well as 8 other counties in the states as a result of the sick outs.
The strikes were called in response to a draconian pension bill that would restructure the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System.