Legman v. Scranton School District

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Robebts,

Appellee instituted this action in equity to enjoin the school district from paying increased salaries to certain teachers in the Scranton school system who allegedly went on strike in December 1967. The gravamen of his complaint is that such action by the school board (which has already progressed to the point of approving this raise in the 1968 budget) would violate the Strike by Public Employees Act, Act of June 30, 1947, P. L. 1183, §1 et seq., 43 P.S. §215.1 et seq. This statute provides that whenever a “public employee” goes “on strike” such employee may…