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It’s illegal for public employees to strike under New York’s Taylor Law. But it's apparently expensive not to strike, at least at Nassau Community College. Members of the independent Adjunct Faculty Association who did not participate in last year’s strike over contract negotiations have been fined $1,000 by their union, Newsday reported. Non-striking members recently received letters from the union saying they owed it $200 for each day of the five-day protest in September 2013. Outraged adjuncts told Newsday they didn’t approve of the strike, and were dissatisfied with its outcome (no contract agreement has been reached). The state Public Employment Relations Board is reportedly looking into 35 formal improper practice complaints filed by adjuncts against faculty association. Charles Loiacono, union president, said the fine is part of the union’s bylaws; he declined to say how many adjuncts were fined. "They think it is O.K. to not support the strike and get the same benefits as everyone else," Loiacono said. "And they don't like being called freeloaders."
