Editing Strike action (section)

===United States===
[[File:Striker assembly.jpg|thumb|A strike leader addressing strikers in [[Gary, Indiana]] in 1919]]

The [[Railway Labor Act]] bans strikes by [[List of airlines of the United States|United States airline]] and railroad employees except in narrowly defined circumstances. The [[National Labor Relations Act]] generally permits strikes, but provides a mechanism to enjoin from striking workers in industries in which a strike would create a national emergency. {{As of|2021}}, the federal government most recently invoked these statutory provisions to obtain an injunction requiring the [[International Longshore and Warehouse Union]] to return to work in 2002 after having been locked out by the employer group, the Pacific Maritime Association.

Some jurisdictions prohibit all strikes by public employees, under laws such as the "[[Taylor Law]]" in [[New York (state)|New York]]. Other jurisdictions impose strike bans only on certain categories of workers, particularly those regarded as critical to society: [[police]], [[teachers]] and [[firefighter]]s are among the groups commonly barred from striking in these jurisdictions. Some states, such as [[New Jersey]], [[Michigan]], [[Iowa]] or [[Florida]], do not allow teachers in public schools to strike. Workers have sometimes circumvented these restrictions by falsely claiming inability to work due to illness{{Snd}}this is sometimes called a "sickout" or "blue flu", the latter receiving its name from the uniforms worn by police officers, who are traditionally prohibited from striking. The term "red flu" has sometimes been used to describe this action when undertaken by firefighters.

Under federal law, federal employees who participate in a strike, or who assert the right to strike against the US government, are barred from retaining their employment.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 U.S. Code § 7311 – Loyalty and striking |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/7311 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |access-date=6 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Often, specific regulations on strike actions exist for employees in prisons. The [[Code of Federal Regulations]] declares "encouraging others to refuse to work, or to participate in a work stoppage" by prisoners to be a "High Severity Level Prohibited Act" and authorizes [[solitary confinement]] for periods of up to a year for each violation.<ref>{{uscfr|28|541|3}}</ref> The [[California Code of Regulations]] states that "[p]articipation in a strike or work stoppage", "[r]efusal to perform work or participate in a program as ordered or assigned", and "[r]ecurring failure to meet work or program expectations within the inmate's abilities when lesser disciplinary methods failed to correct the misconduct" by prisoners is "serious misconduct" under §3315(a)(3)(L), leading to [[gang]] affiliation under CCR §3000.<ref>{{citation | title=California Code of Regulations §3000 | quote=Gang means any … formal or informal organization, association or group of three or more persons which has a common name or identifying sign or symbol whose members and/or associates, individually or collectively, engage or have engaged, on behalf of that organization, association or group, in two or more acts which include, … acts of misconduct classified as serious pursuant to section 3315.| title-link=California Code of Regulations}}</ref>

Postal workers involved in 1978 wildcat strikes in [[Jersey City]], [[Kearny, New Jersey]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Washington, D.C.]] were fired under the presidency of [[Jimmy Carter]], and President [[Ronald Reagan]] fired [[air traffic controller]]s and the [[Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)|PATCO]] union after the [[Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)|air traffic controllers' strike of 1981]].

The [[2018 West Virginia teachers' strike|West Virginia teacher's strike in 2018]] inspired [[2018–19 education workers' strikes in the United States|teachers in other states]], including [[2018 Oklahoma teachers' strike|Oklahoma]], [[2018 Colorado teachers' strike|Colorado]], and [[2018 Arizona teachers' strike|Arizona]], to take similar action.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inspired by West Virginia Strike, Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky Plan Walk Out|url=http://ktla.com/2018/04/02/inspired-by-west-virginia-strike-teachers-in-oklahoma-and-kentucky-plan-walk-out/|agency=[[KTLA]]|date=2 April 2018}}</ref>