A. Prohibited: No employee or labor organization shall engage in a strike. No employee labor organization shall cause, instigate, encourage or support a strike. No employer shall cause, instigate or engage in any employee lockout.
B. Emergency Board Session: In the case of an action by bargaining unit employees where the employer alleges a strike has occurred, the Labor Management Relations Board shall meet in emergency session, within twenty four (24) hours of the filing of the charge by the employer, and determine whether a strike has indeed occurred. In case the Board must meet in accordance with this emergency during the absence of a Board member, the Mayor shall appoint an interim member with due regard to the representative character of the Board.
C. Decertification Of Representative: Should it be determined by the Board that bargaining unit employees participated in, caused, instigated, encouraged or supported a public employee strike, walkout or slow down, the exclusive representative for that bargaining unit shall be automatically decertified by the Labor Management Relations Board. In such case, the collective bargaining agreement shall be null and void, the exclusive representative for that appropriate bargaining unit may not collect dues, negotiate or represent employees in any fashion, and shall be barred from serving as the exclusive representative of any bargaining unit of Village employees for a period of not less than one year. (Ord. 250, 1-12-1993)