Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

Care to explain how a union goes on strike while their contract is
still in force?


Uh, they walk off the job. Happens often. Auto workers were famous
for it in the 60's & 70's.

In which case the company goes to court and the union is ordered to send its
people back to work or face fines and jail time for contempt. Remember what
Reagan did with the striking air traffic controllers who thought he was
bluffing?

In any case this is beside the point. The contract without doubt agrees to
the steps needed to fire a trooper. This union intervened and got this one
trooper's suspension cut in half, so it's reasonable to think they would
have gone to court if he had been fired improperly. Mr. Clarke's question
as to why the union isn't on strike over this is rather odd since the
trooper wasn't fired.