What is a strike plan?

Strike contingency planning is the process of developing an operational strategy and comprehensive business continuity plan to continue operations in the event of a labor dispute.

How do you prepare for a strike?

Ten Steps to Prepare for a Strike

1. Update your contact information with the union.
2. Take stock of your financial situation.
3. Keep bills current.
4. Contact your utility companies.
5. Postpone major purchases.
6. Avoid credit purchases and reduce your credit card debt if you can.
7. Stock up on food and medicine.

Can I go on strike if I not in a union?

Non-union staff and striking If non-union members go on strike, they are protected from dismissal and have the same rights as union members, as long as the industrial action is lawful.

How do you create a contingency plan for an event?

Contingency Planning For Event Planners

1. Think Communication. Make signage clear to all attendees.
2. Prepare for the Worst. Create an emergency preparedness plan with a contingency checklist for your site visits and planning process.
3. Check the Plans.
4. Inform Guests.
5. Prepare for Fires.
6. Clear the Way.
7. Make it Safe.
8. Light it Up.

What makes a strike successful?

The IWW believes that the most effective form of action is direct action at the point of production. The best-known form of direct action is the strike, in which workers simply walk off their jobs and refuse to produce profits for the boss until they get what they want.

Can you be sacked for taking industrial action?

Your employment rights during industrial action. You have the right to take industrial action and you can’t be legally forced to stay at, or go back to, work (unless a ballot wasn’t organised properly).

What are some examples contingency plan?

A simple example of a contingency plan is to back up all website data in case your site gets hacked. If this scenario happens, you can then restore the data after regaining access and changing passwords. If you’re not prepared, you might have to recreate your entire website from memory.

Who can cross a picket line?

If you are not a union member, you can legally refuse to cross a picket line, but you will not have a union to represent you if your employer disciplines you for your refusal. Contact the National Labor Relations Board on-line at www.nlrb.gov or by phone at (617) 565-6700.

How do you handle strikes?

Strike Handling Tips For Bosses

1. Plan your counter action.
2. Identify ringleaders and ensure they can be got hold of.
3. A boss when faced with a strike should get seasoned legal advice.
4. Public interest in a strike can call for careful media handling.
5. Instructions to cross picket lines need careful thought.

What is single Sinawali?

It’s an entry point. The pattern itself is simple: right hand high, right hand low, left hand high, left hand low. When done with a partner, the sticks should be angled slightly away from yourself so that you can hit sticks but not knuckles.

How long should a strike last?

And worse – the longer a strike lasts, the less likely, it will produce worthwhile results. Research has shown that a strike starts to become dysfunctional after one week. And usually workers lose out the most after a week of lost wages.

How long can industrial action last?

Where the ballot opened on or after 1 March 2017 it will only be effective for and mandate industrial action that takes place within six months, beginning with the date of the ballot (which is the date the ballot closes). The six-month time limit can be extended to nine months if the union and employer agree.

How long can protected industrial action last?

If the FWC is satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances justifying a longer period of notice, the protected action ballot order may specify a period of up to 7 working days. The notice must specify the nature of the action and the day on which it will start.

What is an industrial action contingency plan?

The Industrial Action Contingency Plan outlines the roles and procedures that managers must follow to ensure that schools operate optimally under the circumstances that the absence of striking officials is accurately recorded and that unpaid leave is administered.

What is industrial action and what does it mean?

It is often referred to as meaning a strike but can take many forms, such as, ‘go slow’ or ‘work to rule’. Employees taking any form of industrial action will be breaching their contract of employment as they will not be doing the work they are paid to undertake.

What happens if an employee takes industrial action?

Employees taking any form of industrial action will be breaching their contract of employment as they will not be doing the work they are paid to undertake. Employees do not have a contractual claim to be paid unless they are ready and willing to perform their contract in full.

When to prepare the ground for managing industrial action?

If a resolution is not possible (or desirable after giving consideration to the above points) an authority should prepare the ground for managing the industrial action. If it appears that industrial action will take place, the authority should draw up, as a minimum, contingency measures to: