With regards to the "no authorization to strike" provision - are there any unionized sectors of public employment (e.g.- teachers) that are in fact, by law, affirmatively authorized to strike? I don't know the answer but I think it may be "no." This doesn't really mean that the child care providers could not or would not strike, it means that they would be in violation of the terms of their contract and could be "fired" for striking - which is already the case for at least a lot of unionized public employees, if not all of them.
Varies from state to state. I seem to remember the number of states that have such laws is somewhere around 30, but I can't be certain. In New York, this is called the Taylor Law, and it prohibits public employees from striking in exchange for other concessions... most notably that the union gets to collect a "negotiating fee" equal to their dues from anyone who elects to not join their union. To me, this is a lose-lose scenario, but then, I don't have much respect for my current union.
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Date: 2006-11-07 10:54 pm (UTC)Varies from state to state. I seem to remember the number of states that have such laws is somewhere around 30, but I can't be certain. In New York, this is called the Taylor Law, and it prohibits public employees from striking in exchange for other concessions... most notably that the union gets to collect a "negotiating fee" equal to their dues from anyone who elects to not join their union. To me, this is a lose-lose scenario, but then, I don't have much respect for my current union.