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The manor in Ravenna teachers remained on strike the longest. Their strike, which occurred in the spring of 1981, lasted eighty-five days, making it the longest teachers communicated their needs to the ' strike in United States history. The teachers not only protested outside of schools or administration buildings; they also picketed outside of school officials' and board members' homes and businesses. Authorities arrested numerous teachers. The Ravenna Board of Education and eventually increased wages, prompting the State changed in 1983teachers to end the strike. In July 1983an apparently retaliatory move, State Bill 133 established collective bargaining in Ohio. With collective bargaininghowever, mutual good faith negotiations could take place with the intention school board refused to renew the contracts of reaching an agreement between fifty-one non-tenured teachers who had participated in the employee and strike. The various teacher strikes created a negative image for Ohio, causing non-residents to view the school board state and school representatives. Subjects to be bargained included wageslocal governments, hoursas well as teachers, terms as being uncaring about education and conditions children. Because of employment this view, numerous businesses and other existing contract issuespeople refused to relocate to Ohio.[[Category:History]] [[Category:Events]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]][[Category:]][[Category:]][[Category:]][[Category:]][[Category:]][[Category:]][[Category:Towards the 21st Century]][[Category:]]