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Originally Posted by d-ray657
As the Wisconsin court determined, this is not a strike because the teachers are not demanding anything from the school district. The teachers are exercising their constitutional right to protest the actions, or proposed actions, of government.
Speaking of good faith, all of the unions said that they were willing to meet and confer with the administration over the changes to the benefits. Apparently, he found it inconvenient to allow working people to petition the government.
Also, while the Wisconsin legislature may be entitled to change it's own statutes, it cannot change the US Constitution. Maybe you didn't notice that the Unions' right to represent the various employees' includes the right to petition the government. By attempting to exclude almost all subjects of bargaining, the gov is interfering with that right. The action is also likely subject to an equal protection challenge, because the proposed legislation has no rational basis for distinguishing between the unions in the level of bargaining permitted. That is unless political retribution is considered a rational basis.
Regards,
D-Ray
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Whatever the WI court has ruled, how can this not be a strike, or at least a slow - down, when the schools in a number of districts have been forced to shot down?
Union members have the right to petition the government, but their employer can determine that the employee's time spent petitioning the government is interfering with work, and request that the employee engage in non-productive activities during non-work time. Union employees don't have the unrestricted rights to engage in collective bargaining activities during work hours, though they may do so during break time or lunch time.