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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-19-3. Supervising personnel not to authorize, approve, or consent to strikes.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-19-3. Supervising personnel not to authorize, approve, or consent to strikes.

No person exercising any authority, supervision, or direction over any public employee shall have the power to authorize, approve, or consent to a strike by one or more public employees; and such person shall not authorize, approve, or consent to such a strike.

## History

Ga. L. 1962, p. 459, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1155, § 1.

## Cross References

Prohibition against work stoppages, slowdowns, or strikes by municipal firefighters, § 25-5-12.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing right of Georgia state employees to participate in strikes, see 4 Ga. L. Rev. 110 (1969).