ARTICLE 24

Strike or Lockout

Section 1.      The Union will not call or sanction any strike, sympathy strike, sitdown, slowdown, other concerted stoppage of work, or picketing of the Company's plant by employees of the Company during the period of this Agreement.  The Company agrees that there will not be a lockout of employees.

Section 2.      Should a strike, sympathy strike, sitdown, slowdown, other concerted stoppage of work, or picketing of the Company's plant by employees of the Company occur not called or sanctioned directly or indirectly by the Union, the Union, acting through all of its officials identified in Section 16 of Article 8, upon request of the Company shall:

(a)       publicly disavow such action by the employees within forty-eight (48) hours of the Company's request;

(b)       advise the Company in writing that such action by employees has not been called or sanctioned by the Union; and

(c)        post notices on Union bulletin boards advising employees that it disapproves such action and instructing employees to return to work immediately.

            The obligation of the Union and its officials identified above to the Company is limited to the performance of the foregoing without further responsibility or liability for loss from such action by employees.

Section 3.      Employees participating in any strike, sympathy strike, sitdown, slowdown, other concerted stoppage of work, or picketing of the Company's plant by employees of the Company shall be subject to discharge by the Company without recourse to the grievance procedure or arbitration; provided, however, that an employee who alleges that he or she did not participate in a strike, sympathy strike, sitdown, slowdown, other concerted stoppage of work, or picketing of the Company's plant by employees of the Company may have recourse to the grievance procedure and arbitration for the sole purpose of ascertaining whether he or she did so participate.