The Right to Strike Section 7 of the National Labor Relations
Act states in part, “Employees shall have the right. . . to
engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of
collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.”
Strikes are included among the concerted activities protected
for employees by this section. Section 13 also concerns the
right to strike. It reads as follows: Nothing in this Act,
except as specifically provided for herein, shall be construed
so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way
the right to strike, or to affect the limitations or
qualifications on that right. It is clear from a reading of
these two provisions that: the law not only guarantees the right
of employees to strike, but also places limitations and
qualifications on the exercise of that right. See for example,
restrictions on strikes in health care institutions (set forth
below). Lawful and unlawful strikes. The lawfulness of a strike
may depend on the object, or purpose, of the strike, on