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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

39-31-501: Strikes by police officers prohibited.

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  1. TITLE 39. LABOR
  2. CHAPTER 31. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
  3. Part 5. Police Officers -- Strikes Prohibited -- Binding Arbitration

(1) It is unlawful for a police officer to strike or recognize a picket line of a labor organization while in the performance of official duties.

(2) (a) As used in this section, "strike" means an action listed in subsection (2)(b), in concerted action with others, for the purpose of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in the conditions of employment, compensation, rights, privileges, or obligations of employment of a police officer.

(b) A police officer may not engage in the following actions in concert with others:

(i) refusal to report for duty;

(ii) willful absence from the police officer's position;

(iii) stoppage of work; or

(iv) departure from the full, faithful, or proper performance of duties of employment.

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