Mahoning Education Ass'n of Developmental Disabilities v. State Employment Relations Board

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} The State Employment Relations Board (“SERB”) and the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities (“MCBDD”) (collectively, “the state”) appeal from the decision of the Seventh District Court of Appeals holding unconstitutional the requirement in R.C. 4117.11(B)(8) that employee-union pick*258eters give their employers and SERB ten days’ notice before they engage in informational picketing. The appellate court held that the notice requirement is unconstitutional when applied to informational picketing as well as picketing related to a work stoppage.

{¶ 2} SERB presents…