Louisiana Officials Possible Strike?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

I can see that argument. But, and this is a point made by both JAR and RICH, how many people ACTUALLY left. I am assuming there are more than 7 assocations in LA ( I could be wrong) and only 4 walked. so since less than 1/2 of the associations walked, the 'majority' didn't support that action.
If the schools come up with a low offer and the majority of the associations decide NOT to sign on, and someone crosses, then I have an issue. Again, I think the Associations hold most of the cards here, but for the next contract, not this one.

This is, IMO, the only potentially valid argument. jar notes his association didn't even vote on it; that tells me the leadership made a decision not to even let it come up. I wonder what percent of the associations that actually voted on it decided to walk.

The thing is, each association gets to make their own choice. And in my opinion, that choice should be honored by the neighboring associations.

I'm not sure how it works in LA, but here each association sets the price with the local school districts. There's a state minimum, but the local groups can pay more if they wish. If my local association decided to take a stand on something like this, and the group 90 minutes away offered to step in and help the schools out, I'd have a big problem with that.