Tacoma judge wants names of teachers who defied order to end strike

[nadinbrzezinski]

Tacoma, Washington (CNN) -- A judge Friday said striking teachers were violating his earlier order to halt their protests, but he did not penalize the educators.

Superior Court Judge Bryan Chushcoff said he could still decide to fine the union the striking teachers' belong to, and he ordered an attorney for the Tacoma School District to provide him the names of all the teachers who failed to show up for work after he ordered them Wednesday to return to the classroom.

"The order is legitimate, the question is, are we in compliance? It doesn't look like it," Chushcoff told an overflowing courtroom. He told attorneys for the teacher's union and school district to keep negotiating and said that if the strikes continue, he might take action during a hearing scheduled for September 27.

The union and school district have been locked in bitter contract negotiations over a proposed pay cut, class sizes and the issue of how teachers are transferred within the school system. About 2,000 teachers went on strike Tuesday, leaving about 28,000 students in Tacoma with no schools to attend.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/16/washington.teachers.strike/index.html?hpt=us_c2

[Selatius]

1. What's he going to do? Round them up and throw them in a detention center for processing? nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Well it is undermining labor

but since you ask..

Target Key Individuals...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/24/usa.comment

We are THERE.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Fine the union and its leadership for contempt of court

Threaten the individual strikers with same

[malaise]

4. Maybe he has shares in a private prison

:shrug:

[Cerridwen]

5. I think this is the point where every single teacher steps forward.

Any supporters who can as well.