Strikes

When a union and a health care system cannot reach agreement during collective bargaining, negotiations are at what’s called “impasse.” In this situation, the company can implement the terms of its final offer without the union’s approval.

At that point, the union and its members have only three options:

1 Give up · 2 Give in · 3 Go on strike

1 GIVE IN

2 GO ON

3 STRIKE

What’s at Risk?

When union members go on strike, they learn firsthand what’s at risk:

Union members are subject to the disciplinary rules of the union’s constitution and bylaws, including fines or suspension for crossing a picket line

In an economic strike, strikers may be permanently replaced: the striker will go on a preferential recall list, but a replacement worker has no obligation to give up the job when the strike is over and the employer has no obligation to rehire striking workers
Possible loss of customers from a strike may impact team members’ job security

Strikers may have to pay the entire premium for any medical, dental and vision insurance policies

Paychecks from the health care system may stop
Economic strikers don’t qualify for unemployment in certain states, including Arizona