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Call Now: 904-383-7448No person exercising any authority, supervision, or direction over any public employee shall have the power to authorize, approve, or consent to a strike by one or more public employees; and such person shall not authorize, approve, or consent to such a strike.
(Ga. L. 1962, p. 459, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1155, § 1.)
- Prohibition against work stoppages, slowdowns, or strikes by municipal firefighters, § 25-5-12.
- For article discussing right of Georgia state employees to participate in strikes, see 4 Ga. L. Rev. 110 (1969).
Cited in Local 189 Int'l Union of Police Ass'ns v. Barrett, 524 F. Supp. 760 (N.D. Ga. 1981).
- A state employee has the right, either singularly or collectively, to express or communicate complaints or opinions relating to state employment, including freedom to enter into organizations created for like purposes; the only limitation upon such activities of the state employees would prevent their striking, or otherwise interfering with proper performance of the duties of state employment, or obstructing access to or egress from state property. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-379.
The Department of Transportation has no power to take steps to prevent any labor activity short of strikes and other obstructions to the performance of the duties of employment. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-379.
- Labor law: right of public employees to strike or engage in work stoppage, 37 A.L.R.3d 1147.
Union security arrangements in state public employment, 95 A.L.R.3d 1102.
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