Strike Types
This is a temporary withdrawal of labour by employees to pressure the employer during collective bargaining.
What is a strike?
This is when an employer prevents employees from working to pressure the union during negotiations.
What is a lockout?
A neutral government-appointed official who assists parties in collective bargaining to avoid a strike or lockout.
What is a conciliator?
A neutral third party who helps disputing parties reach a voluntary settlement through negotiation assistance.
What is a mediator?
Funds provided by the union to members during a legal strike to offset lost wages.
Strike Pay
In this type of strike, employees perform only their exact job duties (no more, no less ) to slow productivity without stopping work.
What is work-to-rule?
When picketing spreads to locations other than the primary employer, such as suppliers or customers
What is secondary picketing?
A tripartite board (employer, union, and neutral chair) that investigates and makes recommendations in disputes
What is a conciliation board?
A neutral decision-maker who hears both sides of a dispute and issues a binding decision.
What is an arbitrator?
A law passed by the government ordering employees to return to work and submit the dispute to arbitration.
What is Back-to-Work Legislation?
A tactic where workers strike one location or department at a time to disrupt operations while limiting wage loss.
What are rotating strikes?
A court order that limits or stops a strike, picketing, or lockout, often used to maintain public order.
What is an injuction?
This document signals that conciliation has failed and that a legal strike or lockout may occur after a cooling-off period.
What is a No-Board Report?
A type of arbitration where the neutral party must choose one side’s final proposal in its entirety.
What is Final Offer Selection?
This illegal form of strike occurs without union authorization or while a collective agreement is still in effect.
What is a wild-cat strike?
A clause (now prohibited) that allowed unionized employees to refuse to handle goods from a struck company.
What is a hot cargo clause ?
The legally required waiting time after conciliation and before a strike or lockout can legally occur.
What is a cooling off period?
A hybrid process where the neutral first attempts mediation, then issues a binding arbitration award if unresolved.
What is mediation-arbitration?