LOCKOUTS AND STRIKES. During the term of this Agreement, Union and its agents, representatives and officers, and all employees who are covered by this Agreement, as individuals and as a group, will not authorize, cause, assist, participate, acquiesce in, or encourage any strike, work stoppage, sick-out, slowdown, picketing, or any similar disruption or restriction of work on, in or at any of the Company’s premises. The Company will not use any provisions of this Article to supply employees covered by this Agreement to areas served by another Company Union in the event of a strike by that union. This specifically includes “sympathy” strikes and the observance of picket lines, signs, or appeals from any labor organization engaged in any such activities, except in situations where an employee has a good faith objective belief of bodily harm in which event they will immediately notify management. However, nothing in this Section shall prevent the union from engaging in picketing or other publicity for purposes of truthfully advising the public of any contract disputes unless an effect of the activity is to induce any employee or other person to cease rendering or providing services to the Company. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will not cause or engage in any lockout of its employees. In the event any of the above occurs, the union and its officers will do everything within their power to end or avert the same. Any employee engaging in any activity in violation of the Section may be subject to disciplinary action, including discharge, and the only issue reviewable through the grievance procedure will be whether the employee in fact violated its provisions.
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