Local 252, Transport Workers Union of America v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

The Public Employment Relations Board is not precluded from determining that concerted refusal of bus drivers to perform duties in the normal manner for the purpose of securing job-related demands constitutes a strike in violation of the Taylor Law although the normal manner of performance would entail violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law where citation to such violations is only a pretext. In this instance the record contains substantial evidence to sustain such determination made by the board.

Local 252 of the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, is…