Introduction In 2010, there was witnessed one of the biggest labor conflicts in history. Public school teachers and support staff of public schools in Illinois state, the city of Danville went on strike. The conflict was between the Danville Education Association (DEA) and the Danville Consolidated School District 118 Board of Education. The main reason for the strike was that the mediation efforts led by the federal government to resolve the problems between the teachers and the employer did not yield any fruits. The teachers had made demands to the Danville Consolidated School District Board of Education that their wages be increased and rehiring of their colleagues who had been fired for budgetary reasons. The school had laid off some teachers and school nurses in an attempt to cut down on costs. The strike received total support from the members of DEA and it is said to be one of the greatest strikes in Danville since the strike of 1977. Negotiations to try and resolve the differences had been going on for some months and they were led by the federal government. The strike came when a deadlock on the negotiations was reached after an extensive consultation and negotiation session with the two parties. The session took more than ten hours and the two parties did not come up with a way to resolve the differences. This led to the strike where more than 600 schoolteachers and staff were involved. The teachers walked in protest in the city. The president of the Danville Local National Education Association (NEA) blamed the Board of Education for the strike saying that the stand of the negotiators of the board made the teachers to resort to strike (International Committee of the Fourth International, 2011). One of the main issues that led to the stand off between the two parties during the negotiation was that the negotiators of the Board of Education insisted on pay freeze. The negotiator also ruled out the possibility of the schools rehiring employees who had been laid off in order to reduce expenditure in schools. On the other hand, the District Education Association insisted that the board should rehire the laid off teachers and school nurse instead of hiring uncertified nurses and they also insisted on a two year salary schedule freeze. In criticizing the boards proposals, the president of the Danville local of the National Education Association termed the proposals made by the board unfair and urged them to reconsider their stand. On the other hand, the board had the support of the Superintendent of Schools who said that the demands made by DEA were not realistic and that the Board of Education in Illinois had done exactly what the other district boards were doing. Although the Danville Education Association and the school board made attempts to make the conflict appear like a local issue, it is observed that the education system in America is undergoing changes brought by the Obama regime. The Obama administration is seen as the root cause of the conflicts in the education sector since it encourages competition among school districts and states in terms of funding. The regime also encourages competitive testing criteria for all the students across all the states and district