When a protected strike ends, you are entitled to return to work. You can be lawfully fired for participating in an unprotected strike. Most strikes are protected, but certain kinds of strikes are not protected, depending on the object or purpose of the strike, on its timing, or on the conduct of the strikers. There are limitations and qualifications on the exercise of that right.
Under federal law, you cannot be fired for participating in a protected strike or picketing against your employer. You cannot be fired for participating in a protected strike or picketing, depending on the purposes and means of the strike action. Federal Employee and Applicant EEO Policies.Impact of the NLRB on Professional Sports.1947 Taft-Hartley Substantive Provisions.
1947 Taft-Hartley Passage and NLRB Structural Changes.
