Fowler Municipal Code Art. 5 Miscellaneous Provisions

This chapter shall be administered and construed as follows:

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny to any person, employee, organization, the City, or any authorized officer, body or other representative of the City, the rights, powers and authority granted by Federal or State law.

(b) This chapter shall be interpreted so as to carry out its purposes as set forth in Article 1.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as making the provisions of California Labor Code Section 923 applicable to City employees or employee organizations, or of giving employees or employee organizations the right to participate in, support, cooperate or encourage, directly or indirectly, any strike, sickout or other total or partial stoppage or slowdown or work. In consideration of and as a condition of initial and continued employment by the City, employees recognize that any such actions by them are in violation of their conditions of employment except as expressly otherwise provided by legally preemptive State or contrary local law. In the event employees engage in such actions, they shall subject themselves to discipline up to and including termination, and may be permanently replaced, to the extent such actions are not prohibited by preemptive law, and employee organizations may thereby forfeit any rights accorded them under City law or contract.

(Ord. 89-6, eff. November 16, 1989)

If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any persons or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 89-6, eff. November 16, 1989)