(A) (1) No employee or labor organization shall engage in a strike.
(2) No employee or labor organization shall cause, instigate, encourage, or support a strike.
(3) The employer shall not cause, instigate, or engage in any employee lockout.
(B) (1) Should the employer allege that a strike has occurred by the bargaining unit employees, the Labor Management Relations Board shall meet in emergency session, within 48 hours of the filing of the charge by the employer, and determine whether a strike has indeed occurred.
(2) Should the Board be required to meet in accordance with this section during the absence of a Board member, the Valencia County Commission shall appoint an interim member with due regard to the representative character of the Board.
(C) Should it be determined by the Board that bargaining unit employees participated in, caused, instigated, encouraged, or supported a Valencia County employee strike, walk-out, or slow-down, the exclusive representative for the bargaining unit shall be decertified by the Labor Management Relations Board. In this case, the collective bargaining agreement in force between the parties shall be null and void; the exclusive representative for that appropriate bargaining unit may not collect dues, negotiate, or represent Valencia County employees and shall be barred from serving as the exclusive representative for any bargaining unit of Valencia County employees for a period of not less than 1 year.
(Ord. 1-93, passed 3-28-1994)