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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="16-217" title_number="16" title_name="Employment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “strike” means the action of an employee, in concert with others, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>refuse to report to work;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>stop or slow down work; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>abstain wholly or partly from the full, faithful, and proper performance of duties when the object is to induce, influence, or coerce a change in the terms, conditions, rights, or privileges of employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A Commission employee, a group of Commission employees, or an employee organization may not engage in, induce, initiate, or ratify a strike by Commission employees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a strike occurs, a court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin the strike on request of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An employee may not receive compensation from the Commission while the employee is engaged in a strike.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an employee engages in, induces, initiates, or ratifies a strike, the Commission may take appropriate disciplinary action against the employee, including suspension or discharge.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If disciplinary action is taken and appealed, the labor relations administrator shall hold a hearing on the disciplinary action at which the Commission, the employee, and any interested employee organization may present evidence and argument.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If after a hearing an employee organization certified as an exclusive representative is found by the labor relations administrator to have assisted, authorized, or initiated a strike involving the refusal of Commission employees to report for work, the labor relations administrator shall revoke the certification of the employee organization for 1 year after the end of the strike.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If after a hearing an employee organization certified as an exclusive representative is found by the labor relations administrator to have assisted, authorized, or initiated any other type of strike, the labor relations administrator may revoke the certification of the employee organization for up to 1 year after the end of the strike.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
