State, Dept. of Hwys. v. Public Employees Craft Coun.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered, the Opinion of the Court.

This case involves a strike by approximately 285 teamsters: operating engineers, machinists, laborers, (,and painters employed by appellant Montana Department of Highways to> perform all highway maintenance functions on interstate, primary, and certain secondary roads in the Butte, Great Falls,. Missoula, Bozeman, and Helena areas. These employees were responsible for the repair, reconditioning, and general upkeep of roughly 3,000 miles of roads. Their major duties were: removing snow and ice from the traveled surfaces and…