State playing the strike game Strikes are all about tactics.
The complaint, which was filed to the Hawai'i Labor Relations Board on Monday, claims that HSTA picketing instructions prompt teachers to take names and photographs of teachers crossing the picket line. If the allegations are true, the state has an interesting complaint. But the state is overreacting. Name-taking is a union tactic used to provide leverage against members who fail to support their union. It may be intimidating and it may be strategic, but it is not threatening, dangerous or unduly coercive.