34:13B-24. Lockout, strike or work stoppage; penalty
Any lockout, authorized or engaged in, by any public utility in violation of any provision of this act, or any failure or refusal by a public utility to abide by the terms of any decision or order made by any board of arbitration constituted in accordance with the provisions of this act, or any strike or concerted work stoppage, authorized or engaged in, or continued to be engaged in by any labor union or representative of any craft, class or group of employees of a public utility, or any concerted action on the part of a substantial number of the members of any labor union resulting in an interruption of the operation of any public utility, in violation of any provision of this act or in connection with any refusal to abide by the terms of any decision or order made by any board of arbitration constituted in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall subject such public utility and any officer or agent thereof participating or aiding therein or such labor union or representative of any craft, class or group of employees of a public utility to a penalty in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each day during the period of such lockout, strike, concerted work stoppage, or failure or refusal to abide by the terms of such decision or order, such penalty to be recovered in the name of the State in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.
L.1947, c. 47, p. 164, s. 8. Amended by L.1947, c. 75, p. 450, s. 8; L.1950, c. 14, p. 40, s. 2.
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