Las Vegas-area teachers union challenges law prohibiting members from striking
Las Vegas-area teachers union challenges law prohibiting members from striking
Nevada's largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that makes it illegal for public school employees including teachers to go on strike.
Nevada’s largest teachers union filed suit Monday against a state law making it illegal for teachers and other public school employees to go on strike over pay and working conditions in the country’s fifth-largest school district, which includes Las Vegas.
The Clark County Education Association argues in its lawsuit that the 1969 state law prohibiting public employee strikes is unconstitutional. They said it also infringes on the First Amendment rights of its approximately 18,000 members in nearly 380 schools in Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County who are waging a contentious monthslong contract battle.
They also argue that the state’s definition of a strike is overbroad, sweeps away constitutional rights and gives way for arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.
That is some bullshit law they got there.
The whole point of striking is to attempt a balance of power and just making it “illegal” is ridiculous. What a farce.
Exactly, that's how a union shows it's strength. If they don't want them to strike then they need to compromise
but think of the children /s
-who have no teachers left and whose classrooms have no funding
They should strike to protest the law
"There's no such thing as an illegal strike, just an unsuccessful one"
Yes, please fire all 18,000 teachers for striking. I’m sure you’ll be able to find another 18,000 to replace them by the end of the school day. /s
And they'll only demand a 50% higher pay. Thats a steal considering what money the US is paying its teachers.
Right? This law is purely an attempt to intimidate. Because of teachers are fired or arrested for striking, then the state has only made the strike permanent.
It would wreck the entire economy.
Forget challenging it in court. Call their bluff. Strike.