> How can it even be legal to give up the right to strike in a collective agreement? "This union agrees with <employer X> that, while negotiations are ongoing,

> How can it even be legal to give up the right to strike in a collective agreement? "This union agrees with <employer X> that, while negotiations are ongoing, the union will not sanction industrial action by its members". It seems pretty reasonable to me that nobody should have to negotiate with a gun to their head. I don't think there should be a right to strike while your union is negotiating. If you think your union negotiators are crap, you can join a different union, and urge your fellow workers to join you. The collective agreement is between the employer and the old union; it wouldn't bind members of the new union. Wildcat industrial action, without the backing of a union, is dangerous.