CITY SECURITY. It is understood that the services performed by the Fire Department are essential to the public health and welfare; therefore, the Union agrees that during the life of this Agreement, it will not cause, encourage, participate in or support any strike or picketing against the City or any slowdown or other interruption of, or interference with, the normal functions of City services. The City agrees to do nothing to intentionally interrupt or prevent the continuity of services in the Fire Department insofar as such service is required in the normal and usual operation of the City. If this Article shall later be declared invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable by reason of any existing or subsequently enacted state legislation, the City and Local 48 agree to meet within thirty days of the invalidation for the purpose of negotiating this Article.
CITY SECURITY. The Association agrees its membership will not participate in a strike, work stoppage or slowdown, or recognize a picket line while in the performance of official duties, or participate in any concerted interruption of City services.
CITY SECURITY. The Union agrees that during the term of this contract its membership will not participate in a strike, work stoppage, sympathy strike, slowdown, or other interruption of work. Any violation of this Article shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including discharge. There shall be no lockout of employees during the term of this Agreement.
CITY SECURITY. 1. The Union will not initiate or engage in and no employee(s) will participate or engage in any strike, slowdown, picketing, boycott, or other interruption of work during the term of this Agreement.
2. Should a strike or other interruption of work occur, the City shall notify the Union of the existence of such activity and request advice from the Union as to whether the activity has been authorized. The Union, immediately thereafter, shall respond to the City's request in writing.
3. Upon receiving notice of a strike or other interruption of work which it has not authorized, the Union will take all reasonable steps to terminate such activity and induce the employees concerned to return to work. If the Union takes such action, it shall not be held liable by the City for the unauthorized activity of the employees involved.
4. In the event employees participate in a strike or other interruption of work in violation of this article, the participating employee(s) shall be subject to disciplinary action which may include discharge.
5. Actions for monetary damages arising from alleged violations of this article shall be enforceable in accordance to the decision reached in Circuit Court and shall not be subject to any grievance and/or arbitration provision set forth in this Agreement.
6. It is understood that employees shall not be entitled to any benefits or wages whatsoever while they are engaged in a strike, work stoppage, or other interruption of work.
CITY SECURITY. Section 3.1. The Union and its members, as individuals or as a group, guarantee they will not initiate, cause, permit, participate or join in any strike, work stoppage or slowdowns, picketing or any other interruption of City services. Employees in the bargaining unit, while acting in the course of their normal duties, will not honor any picket line established by the Union or by any other labor organization when called upon to cross such picket line unless personal safety is in immediate jeopardy. Disciplinary action, including discharge, may be taken by the City at any time against any employee or employees engaged in violation of this article. Such disciplinary action shall not preclude or restrict recourse to any other remedies, including an action for damages, which may be available to the City.
Section 3.2. In the event of a strike, work stoppage, slowdown, picketing, observance of a picket line or other restriction of work in any form, either on the basis of individual choice or collective employee conduct, the Union will make every reasonable effort to secure an immediate and orderly return to work. The obligations set forth above shall not be affected or limited to the subject matter involved in the dispute giving rise to the work action or by whether such subject matter is or is not subject to the grievance procedures of this Agreement.
Section 3.3. The City agrees during the term of this contract that lockouts of employees shall not be instituted. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to guarantee employees a forty (40) hour workweek.
Section 3.4. In the event the parties enter into negotiations during the term of the Agreement for the purpose of modifying wages, it is understood that the City and the Union and its members are not bound by the provisions contained herein prohibiting strike or lockout, so long as the appropriate procedures and laws governing collective bargaining are followed.
Section 3.5. Members will not be required to perform the duties of employees of another public agency while that agency is engaged in a strike recognized by the Union unless such duties are necessary to maintain City services or equipment, maintain the City’s obligations to another agency under a current practice or existing contract, or where, in the City’s sole judgment, such duties are necessary due to an emergency where there is a threat to public health or safety within the Corvallis area.
CITY SECURITY.
6.1 Neither the Association nor an employee may strike, slowdown, picket, boycott, or otherwise interrupt work during the term of this contract. The City may not lock out employees during the term of this contract.
6.2 If a strike, slowdown, picketing, boycott, or other interruption of work occurs, the City shall notify the Association of the existence of that activity and ask the Association whether it has authorized that activity. The Association shall respond immediately in writing to the City's request.
6.3 Upon receiving notice of such activity, whether authorized or not, the Association shall take all reasonable steps to terminate the activity and induce the participating Association members to return to work.
6.4 An employee who participates in a strike, slowdown, picket, boycott, or other interruption of work in violation of this Article may be disciplined, up to and including discharge.
6.5 Actions for monetary damages arising from alleged violations of this Article are not subject to the grievance procedure of this contract. This Article may be enforced in a court of competent jurisdiction. The Association shall not be liable for actions of individual employees, provided it has taken reasonable steps to prevent violations of this Article by its members.
CITY SECURITY. During the term of this Agreement, the Union and members of the bargaining unit, as individuals or as a group, will not initiate, cause, permit or participate or join in any strike, work stoppage or slowdown, picketing, or any other interruption of City services. Employees in the bargaining unit, while acting in the course of their employment, shall not honor any picket line established in the City by the Union, or by any other labor organization when called upon to cross such picket line. Disciplinary action, including discharge, may be taken by the City against any employee or employees engaged in a violation of this Article. Such disciplinary action may be undertaken selectively at the option of the City. In the event of a strike, work stoppage, slowdown, picketing, observance of a picket line, or other restriction of work in any form, either on the basis of individual choice or collective employee conduct, the Union will, immediately upon notification, publicly attempt to secure an immediate and orderly return to work. The obligations set forth above shall not be affected or limited to the subject matter involved in the dispute giving rise to the stoppage or by whether such subject matter is or is not subject to the grievance procedure of this Agreement. It is understood that employees shall not be entitled to any benefits or wages whatsoever while they are engaged in such strike, work stoppage, or other interruption of work. There will not be a lockout against the employees in the bargaining unit during the term of this Agreement.
CITY SECURITY. The Union agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, its membership (as individuals or as a group) will not cause, encourage, participate in, or support a strike, slowdown, work stoppage, or other concerted activity intended to interrupt Fire Department services. Violation of this article shall be grounds for disciplinary action. 1Seasonal and temporary employees are those employees that work for six (6) months or less or the equivalent of 1440 hours.
CITY SECURITY.
Section 1: The Association and the City agree that the public interest requires the efficient and uninterrupted performance of emergency services and to this end pledge their best efforts to avoid or eliminate any conduct contrary to this objective. The Association and the City agree that during the life of this Agreement they will not cause, encourage, participate in or support any strike or picketing against management or any slowdown or other interruption of or interference with the normal routine.
Section 2: In the event of a strike, work stoppage or interference with the operation of the Fire Department, the President of the Association shall within twenty-four (24) hours publicly disavow such strike or work stoppage and request employees to return to work and attempt to bring about prompt resumption of normal operations. Such request shall be made in writing with a copy of such written request supplied to the City. The Association shall notify the City within twenty-four (24) hours after the commencement of such work interruption as to the measures taken to comply with the provision of this Article.
Section 3: Violation of any provision of this Article by the Association shall be cause for the City’s terminating this Agreement upon the giving of written notice to this effect to the President of the Association in addition to whatever other remedies may be available to the City at law or in equity.
Section 4: Failure of an individual to respond by the individual’s next scheduled work shift to the President’s request to return to work shall result in disciplinary action in accordance with Fire Department and Civil Service rules. No individual shall receive any portion of his salary while engaging in activity that is in violation of this Article.
Section 5: In the event that the provisions of this Article are not complied with, such non-compliance shall be considered an unfair labor practice and the Association shall pay a fine not to exceed $250 per day while such illegal activity is being conducted.
Section 6: The City agrees that there shall be no lockout of bargaining unit members under any circumstances.
CITY SECURITY. The Association agrees that during the term of this contract its membership will not participate in any strike against the City under any circumstances. For the purpose of this contract, the meaning of the word “strike” is any concerted stoppage of work, slowdown, speedup, sit-down, absence from work upon any pretext that is not founded in fact, interruption of the operations of the City by the Association, or any similar act. Violation of this section by any bargaining unit member shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including discharge.
