In the event of a strike, what are the rights of the employees?
Union members may continue to strike, or to cross the picket line and continue to do their work and earn a living. No one can compel you to go out on strike if you do not wish. No one can legally interfere with your coming to work and returning home from work. Strikers cannot bar you from coming to work. But — and this is very important — if you are a member of the union and refuse to leave your job or if the officers have called a strike, under most union constitutions, you can be brought to trial before the union and fined, and you can be expelled or suspended from the union.
