Is Oakland Good At Strikes?

“You will watch me fly!”Oh you thought the headline referred to baseball? Silly goose. Before we get to baseball I have to let you know, in case you’ve been in a cave the past few days, that Oakland is the latest city in which the teachers have walked out demanding better conditions for themselves and for their students — especially the latter.

If you’ve never participated in a big union strike, let me tell you it is an experience like none other. Thursday (day 1 of the strike) and Friday, teachers, counselors, and myriad other support staff — and in some cases, students — stood outside our schools holding and waving signs for passing cars to see and honk if they wanted to show support. I…