Gulnac v. South Butler County School District

BRYDON, J.,

In this case the court must decide the constitutionality of a teacher’s limited right to strike in conjunction with the constitutional mandate that the state legislature “provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education to serve the needs of the commonwealth.” Pa. Constitution, Article III, section 14. (emphasis supplied) Since this court, as shall be detailed below, is not persuaded that sufficient statutory provisions aré provided to aid in the termination of teacher strikes, *542once initiated, the allowance of such strikes is deemed…