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Legality of Public School Teachers Strike Around the World
<p>In the kingdom of Jordan, a crisis arose last year when the teachers' union was disbanded and some teachers were <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/30/jordan-teachers-syndicate-closed-leaders-arrested" rel="nofollow noreferrer">fired, disciplined or even arrested</a> after negotiations with the government broke down.
Recently, one official from the ministry of education while announcing the cancelling of some of these punishments <a href="https://web.facebook.com/Husna.fm/videos/621259749047813" rel="nofollow noreferrer">declared</a> that &quot;الإضراب في كل الدساتير ممنوع&quot;, which roughly translates to &quot;going on strike in all constitutions is prohibited&quot; [he was talking about public school teachers and similar employees].</p>
<p>I don't think many nations mention in their constitutions anything about schoolteachers going on strike, so I interpret his statement as referring to the <strong>legal</strong> rather than the <strong>constitutional</strong> status of it.</p>
<p>The question is about the accuracy of this statement: Are there any jurisdictions in which public school teachers are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Clearly prohibited from going on strike</li>
<li>Clearly allowed to go on strike</li>
</ol>
<p>If you have definite knowledge, please provide examples for either one or both cases.</p>

<p><strong>Germany</strong></p>
<p>There is a group of civil servants called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Beamte</a>. They are expected to show special loyalty to the state, and in turn the state is expected to show special loyalty to them. Different pension rules from regular workers, different healthcare rules, they can only be fired for gross misconduct, but in turn they are not allowed to go on strike and the state has more leeway on simply reassigning them to a different office.</p>
<p>Then there is a group of civil servants called Angestellte im öffentlichen Dienst, whose contract is much closer to a private sector employee contract in Germany. They are allowed to go on strike for better salary or better working conditions.</p>
<p>Some teachers are Beamte, some are Angestellte. It differs from state to state, and also by the date when they entered the profession. So some teachers in Germany can go on strike and some cannot. Both types may be mixed in the same school.</p>
