The Clark County Education Association filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn the state’s longtime ban on public employee strikes.
A Las Vegas judge said she intends to allow the Clark County School District’s lawsuit against the teacher’s union to continue by denying an anti-SLAPP motion.
Leaders for the Clark County Teachers Union presented the possibility of using “selective sick outs” during a meeting with thousands of its members in late July.
The Clark County Education Association filed a notice of appeal and emergency motion with the Nevada Supreme Court. it seeks to halt a preliminary injunction declared Wednesday that prohibits teacher sickouts.
The CCEA is expected to file a voter initiative Wednesday afternoon that the teachers union says will raise over $1 billion for education in Nevada.