40.1-54.2 - Strikes and work stoppages at hospitals prohibited; penalty.

§ 40.1-54.2. Strikes and work stoppages at hospitals prohibited; penalty.

No employee of any hospital shall engage in any strike or work stoppage atsuch hospital which in any way interferes with the operation of such hospital.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty ofa misdemeanor and punished accordingly.

Notwithstanding the penalties herein provided, any court of general equityjurisdiction may enjoin conduct proscribed by this section.

(Code 1950, § 40-64.3; 1970, c. 720.)