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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363467</law_id><section_number>40.1-54.2</section_number><catch_line>Strikes and work stoppages at hospitals prohibited; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="89" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="4">Labor Unions, Strikes, Etc</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">employee</span> of any hospital shall engage in any strike or work stoppage at such hospital which in any way interferes with the operation of such hospital.</p><p>Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> and punished accordingly.</p><p>Notwithstanding the penalties herein provided, any <span class="dictionary">court</span> of general <span class="dictionary">equity</span> <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> may enjoin conduct proscribed by this section.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 40-64.3; 1970, c. 720.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
