The school teachers and teachers’ aides in the Syracuse City School District, in Syracuse, New York, are represented by the Syracuse United Teachers, a union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers. The teachers’ union and the Syracuse School District have not had a contract for three years, and negotiations have been at an impasse. The School District has proposed eliminating seventy-five teacher positions and 200 teachers’

aide positions because of declining tax revenues. The teachers’ union calls for a one-day strike on the first day of the school year to protest the proposed job cuts. What legal remedies, if any, can the Syracuse School District pursue against the teachers and against the teachers’ union? Explain. Would your answers be different if the public school district were located in Vermont rather than in New York? Why?