Hortonville Education Ass'n v. Hortonville Joint School District No 1

The issues in this court are:

1. Does Wisconsin law allow the discharge of municipal employees who engage in a strike?

2. Does the action by the Hortonville school board in discharging teachers instead of obtaining a judicial order constitute selective enforcement of the Wisconsin prohibition of the right to strike, thereby denying to the teachers their right to equal protection of the laws?

3. Does the state’s prohibition against strikes by teachers, without provision for binding arbitration and de novo review of reasonableness of punishment, when *479such benefits are provided for other public…