American Federation of Teachers v. Yakima School District No. 7

This action attacking the constitutionality of RCW 28.72 was dismissed in the trial court. The plaintiffs appeal.

This case arises out of the following sequence of events. At its 1965 session, the legislature enacted chapter 143 (codified as RCW 28.72), hereinafter referred to as the Act, which provides that organizations of certificated school district employees which have won an employee election

shall have the right ... to meet, confer and negotiate with the board of directors of the school district . . . prior to the final adoption by the board of proposed school policies relating to, but…