Editing Strike action (section)

===Union busting===
[[File:Stanisław Lentz, Strajk.jpg|thumb|''Strike'', painting by [[Stanisław Lentz]]]]
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One method of inhibiting or ending a strike is firing union members who are striking which can result in elimination of the union. Although this has happened, it is rare due to laws regarding firing and "right to strike" having a wide range of differences in the US depending on whether union members are public or private sector. Laws also vary country to country. In the UK, "It is important to understand that there is no right to strike in UK law."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Byron|title=What is the right to strike?|url=https://labourlist.org/2011/06/what-is-the-right-to-strike/|access-date=29 March 2021|website=LabourList|date=6 June 2011 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Employees who strike risk dismissal, unless it is an official strike (one called or endorsed by their union) in which case they are protected from unlawful dismissal, and cannot be fired for at least 12 weeks. UK laws regarding work stoppages and strikes are defined within the [[Employment Relations Act 1999]] and the [[Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992]].

A significant case of mass-dismissals in the UK in 2005 involved the sacking of over 600 Gate Gourmet employees at Heathrow Airport.<ref>[Workers Worldwide Back Their Heathrow Colleagues], {{cite web |url=http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/566 |title=Internationale Transportarbeiter-Föderation: Presse |access-date=10 January 2012  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402034825/http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/566 |archive-date=2 April 2013 }}</ref> The sacking prompted a walkout by British Airways ground staff leading to cancelled flights and thousands of delayed passengers. The walkout was illegal under UK law and the T&GWU quickly brought it to an end. A subsequent court case ruled that demonstrations on a grass verge approaching the Gate Gourmet premises were not illegal, but limited the number and made the T&G responsible for their action.<ref name="BBC GG">[BBC News 21 August 2005], https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4168084.stm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050057/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4168084.stm |date=6 March 2019 }}</ref>

In 1962, US President [[John F. Kennedy]] issued Executive Order #10988<ref>[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=58926#axzz1iul5EQQB Executive Order 10988],{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205012534/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=58926#axzz1iul5EQQB |date=5 February 2012 }}</ref> which permitted federal employees to form trade unions but prohibited strikes (codified in 1966 at 5 U.S.C. 7311{{snd}}Loyalty and Striking). In 1981, after public sector union PATCO ([[Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)|Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization]]) went on strike illegally, President [[Ronald Reagan]] fired all of the controllers. His action resulted in the dissolution of the union. PATCO reformed to become the [[National Air Traffic Controllers Association]].
[[File:Oběti srážky stávkujících s vojskem v dubnu 1917.jpg|thumb|Victims of a clash between striking workers and the army in [[Prostějov]], Austria-Hungary, April 1917]]

In the U.S., as established in the [[National Labor Relations Act]] there is a legally protected right for private sector employees to strike to gain better wages, benefits, or working conditions and they cannot be fired. Striking for economic reasons (i.e., protesting workplace conditions or supporting a union's bargaining demands) allows an employer to hire permanent replacements. The replacement worker can continue in the job and then the striking worker must wait for a vacancy. But if the strike is due to [[unfair labor practice]]s (ULP), the strikers replaced can demand immediate reinstatement when the strike ends. If a collective bargaining agreement is in effect, and it contains a "no-strike clause", a strike during the life of the contract could result in the firing of all striking employees which could result in dissolution of that union.

Amazon has used the Law firm Wilmerhale to legally end worker strikes at its locations.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}