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Picturing the Past 191: Teachers 'strike'

Posted Friday, September 6, 2013, at 3:35 PM
Teachers picket Bedford County Courthouse on Sept. 7, 1976 in a "practice strike." (T-G File Photo by Bob Higgins)

Actually, it was a "practice" strike. On Sept. 7, 1976, members of the Bedford County Education Association picketed Bedford County Courthouse in a "practice strike."

Go here for a larger view.

The teachers walked out, refusing to work until the Bedford County Quarterly Court, as today's county commission was known then, agreed to a $350 salary supplement. Commissioners proposed a $150 supplement.

I'd guess very few of these teachers are still working today.

What I didn't have time to look up is how things eventually worked. I was in high school then and remember we did go to class after a few days.

Picturing the Past is featured each Tuesday in this blog. Reader contributions are welcome.

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  • Hmmm..a practice strike just two months before the November elections that gave us the Carter and Mondale slapstick duo? Oh, and Big Al Gore,to boot. Priceless!

    -- Posted by mdstover on Fri, Sep 6, 2013, at 7:43 PM

  • I was telling the parent of a new Webb School student about this strike just the other day.

    My parents, and my best friend's parents, each considered sending us to Webb during the time when it wasn't clear how long the strike would last. My friend's parents pulled the trigger; mine didn't.

    I sometimes wonder how my life might have been different, better or worse, if I'd gone to Webb.

    -- Posted by jcarney on Fri, Sep 6, 2013, at 10:11 PM

  • LOL--Workers of the World Unite! Great picture... lots of familiar faces here.

    -- Posted by memyselfi on Mon, Sep 9, 2013, at 7:19 PM

  • I see several faces I recognize, but the one that stands out to me is Mr. Frank Edwards, who was my 7th grade English teacher. He taught me alot over the course of that year, and I still cringe a little when I think of those trips to the hallway. Boys, line em up and assume the position. Great memories!

    -- Posted by superx1250 on Tue, Sep 10, 2013, at 10:00 AM

  • Look at the Dixie, and other buildings in the background.

    -- Posted by Cal t on Wed, Sep 11, 2013, at 3:58 PM

  • I see Mr. Cook on front row holding CJH sign along with 8th grade History teacher Mrs. Tucker center front row wearing sun glasses and Miss. Petty behind her.

    -- Posted by jb1960 on Sun, Oct 13, 2013, at 11:21 PM
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