Article 8: Strike or Lockout
8.1
NABET-CWA agrees that during the term of this Agreement it will not authorize, instigate, aid, condone, or engage in any strike, work stoppage, picketing, sit-down, slow-down or other stoppage, limitation or curtailment of work or production or take part in any picketing, boycotting or other interference with or demonstration against the business of the Company or its operations, either at the studios, the transmitters, or elsewhere.
8.2
The Company agrees that during the term of this Agreement it will not engage in any lockout of Employees covered by this Agreement.
8.3
A strike by NABET-CWA or a lockout by the Company, caused by the refusal of either party to comply with an award rendered by an arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, shall not be in violation of this Article.
8.4
The Company shall not require any Employee covered by this Agreement to work at, go to, or perform any service at, or from, any facility, station or location at which a strike is taking place that has been sanctioned by NABET-CWA.
8.5
The Company will not assign, transfer or require Employees to go to any radio or television station, transmitter, studio or property to perform the duties of Employees who are on strike or to originate a program or programs especially for such station, nor shall the Company take any disciplinary action against an Employee for his refusal to cross a picket line which has been established as a result of any authorized strike by members of the AFL-CIO. However, this section is not to be construed to preclude the Company from covering at the location of a strike any item it deems to be worthy of news coverage. This section shall not cover picketing by any Union or workers at any other establishments along the Company’s road easement (known as Air Way) from 47th Street.
