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How do you propose that they bargain for pay raises? If they can't strike, WHY SHOULD THE CITY PAY THEM.

The law is a BAD LAW. It doesn't stop labor impasses from happening, as shown by this situation. Facing jailtime, bankruptcy, and unemployment the union is still striking. Don't you think that shows that they have SERIOUS CONCERNS.

Why does this law exist? If union demands were truly unreasonable, the city could fire them all and hire replacement workers. The only reason for the law to exist is so the city can force people into slave labor by MANDATING they have to go to work.

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It seems to me that the key questions are:

A) When did the law come into being?

B) Was the law in place before the current employees signed up for the job?

If the law was in place first, the strikers have no leg to stand on, because they took the job knowing full well the law. If however some of the strikers were hired before that law was in place, they specifically, and only they, might have an argument.