Talk:Wisconsin Education Association Council

Strike Action and WEAC
It has been brought up that "sources explicitly state that no strike was called" and information pertaining to WEAC's "sick out" strike was removed from this wiki article. A reliable and professional news organization describe WEAC, a teacher's union, called on teachers to call in sick and attend a protest.

What a Teacher union says and what it actually does can be two different things. This is not a Neutral point of view, and WEAC's members' action on Feb. 16, 17, 18 and 21 to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit collective bargaining fits the definition as a partial strike (blue flu) at the very least across the State, (as public school services were disrupted), and a Full Scale Strike in a few school districts where so many teachers called in sick it shut down public schools in that district.

Definitions of a partial strike, "blue flue" and a Full Scale Strike have been taken from the Marquette Review, a University law School publication: "STRIKES, PICKETING AND JOB ACTIONS BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, 1976, CHARLES C. MULCAHY* AND STEVEN H. SCHWEPPE

''B. Partial Strikes and Job Actions Partial strikes and job actions often accompany informational picketing. In fact, such picketing often is an attempt to highlight the existence of a partial strike. Substantial amounts of pressure, either real or imagined, can be placed on a municipal employer through the use of the partial strike or job action. Partial strikes or job actions can be defined as purposeful refusals by employees to perform certain assigned tasks or to reach the expected levels of productivity. These actions can create serious operating difficulties. Partial strikes or job actions can be divided into four classifications: 1) Slowdowns; 2) The "blue flue" syndrome; 3) The "quickie" strike; 4) Selective job actions such as refusal to perform assigned tasks. 2. "Blue Flu" Like the slowdown, the "blue flu" tactic seeks to maximize the harassment effect of the strike while limiting the economic cost to the employee. The "blue flu" tactic involves the massive, organized use of sick leave by employees. Because they utilize paid sick leave, employees do not lose wages. A primary consequence of the "blue flu" tactic is a loss of management's ability to direct the work force. The "blue flu" places pressure upon the supervisory staff by making scheduling extremely difficult and unpredictable.

C. Full Scale Strikes Of the variety of job actions, a full scale strike by public employees poses the greatest threat to the public health, safety and welfare. Its greater duration, pressure and threat to community harmony and safety require that the employer meet the strike's problems correctly. As in the case of other job actions, advance planning is essential. Such planning requires a knowledge of the alternatives available to the employer at each stage of the strike.

The alternatives available to the employer run the gamut from closing down operations to hiring permanent replacements. Local conditions, the nature of the services, and the impact on the community will serve as guidelines in choosing one alternative over the others. --''

'''All of these actions describe what the teacher's union known as WEAC did on Feb. 16, 17, 18 and 21 to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit collective bargaining, which disrupted and in some cases stopped public education services - down to anticipating courses of actions by their employer when this was coordinated with University of Wisconsin doctors to write fake sick notes in an attempt to legitimize their actions. WEAC conducted a Full Scale strike and thus an illegal strike since public employees are prohibited from doing so'''

If we wish to add more sources to fully articulate the NPOV, I am sure that could be arranged. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patriot1010 (talk • contribs) 05:51, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


 * See WP:SYNTH for why such an inference is inappropriate. (Also see WP:NOT, particularly WP:NOTSOAPBOX.) Rostz (talk) 15:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

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