 another way to deal with illegal strikes although illegal the michigan education association mea has made a thinly veiled threat to strike to protest changes to the emergency financial manager law in response reps paul scott and bill rogers have introduced legislation that would penalize striking teachers and streamline the process that determines which teachers are subject to fines but would these measures be enough discourage teachers unions from striking are there other penalties that would potentially make a teacher s strike in michigan radioactive read more at  wwwmackinacorg 14795 33  