A strike or job action occurs after unionized employees take a positive strike vote and the union that represents them serves the university with strike notice. When strike notice is served, it means that union members may legally withdraw their services (stop working) .
A strike or job action can take on many forms and is often of an escalating nature. This can include:
- Withdrawal of services to attend “information sessions” or to engage in leafleting during scheduled work hours
- An overtime ban (refusal to work overtime hours)
- Rotating pickets (striking union members carrying pickets may picket outside one university building and then move to another)
- Campus-wide pickets (striking union members picket outside the entrances to the university and all members of that union are on strike – except those designated as essential)