Questão jurídica principal
Whether the State Council had to consult the unions before adopting the decree under freedom of association and cantonal consultation rules.
Decisão extraída
No. The decree primarily implemented budgetary subsidy reductions for communes; any effects on teachers were indirect, limited, and sector-specific, so the consultation duty under cantonal law and the related convention was not triggered.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 28 Cst guarantees only a minimal right for public-sector unions to be heard appropriately on significant changes to working conditions. Here the decree regulated subsidies under the school organization law, not the civil-service statute, and did not aim to reshape teachers' status. The unions were also sufficiently informed of the measures and budgetary constraints.