Common use of CONTINUITY OF MEDICAL CENTER SERVICES Clause in Contracts

CONTINUITY OF MEDICAL CENTER SERVICES. The parties to this Agreement recognize that the Medical Center provides essential healthcare services to the community. For this and other humanitarian reasons, it is the intent of the parties to resolve their disputes by utilizing the grievance procedure provided herein. It is therefore agreed that during the term of this Agreement, neither the nurses nor the Association, nor their agents, shall authorize, assist, promote, or participate in any way in any strike, including any sympathy strike, picketing, walkout, slowdown, boycott, or any other interference with the operations of the Employer. Any nurse(s) who violates this Article shall be subject to immediate discharge. The Employer agrees that during this same time period, there shall be no lockouts. This provision shall not be applied to restrict individual nurse activity on their off duty hours away from the Employer’s premises which does not interfere with the Employer’s operations.