§ 4. Strikes prohibited.

In order to protect the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizenry, the right to strike or to engage in any work stoppage or slowdown is hereby expressly prohibited. Any employee who, individually or by concerted action with others and without the approval of his superior, willfully absents himself from his position or abstains in whole or in part from the full, faithful, and proper performance of his duties for the purpose of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in conditions or compensation, or the rights, privileges, or obligations of employment, shall be deemed to be on strike. Any employee who participates in a strike as herein defined may be discharged by the City Manager, immediately and without further cause. In no event shall anyone participating in a strike be allowed to acquire any benefits gained by collective bargaining. Strikes and the status of participants therein shall never be a matter of collective bargaining.