12.5. A party may declare a strike or a lock-out if it has acquired the right to strike or to declare a lock-out pursuant to section 12.4 and if an agreement or list determining essential services has been approved by the Commission des relations du travail.
For that purpose, the party must notify the other party in writing not less than seven clear juridical days prior to the time it intends to resort to a strike or a lock-out. A strike or lock-out notice may not be renewed until after the day indicated in the previous notice as the time the party intended to resort to a strike or a lock-out.
2004, c. 22, s. 10; 2011, c. 16, s. 153.