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. The filing Monday in state court in Las Vegas represents the next step in a contentious contract battle over pay and working conditions in the fifth-largest school district in the nation. The Clark County Education Association argues that the 1969 law against strikes is unconstitutional and infringes on First Amendment rights of its app

FILE - Teachers and members of the Clark County Education Association rally in support of a new contract for teachers Sept. 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. The largest teachers union in Nevada filed a lawsuit Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, challenging a state law that makes it illegal for public school employees, including teachers, to go on strike. RENO, Nev.

The union maintained that it was not involved in the absences, and appealed that ruling to the Nevada Supreme Court. ”Simply put, the money is there, and our demands are, and have always been, in alignment with the priorities passed by the legislature and designed specifically to address the crisis of educator vacancies we are facing in Clark County,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

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