Opinion No. 68-172 (1968) Ag

Labor — Work Hours Strikes Female employees of telephone companies in Oklahoma are not exempt from the maximum nine-hour work day and fifty-four hour work week provisions in 40 O.S. 81 [40-81] — 40 O.S. 84 [40-84] (1961), due to the current strike, and said Act is valid and enforceable. The Attorney General has had under consideration your letter of April 24, 1968, requesting an opinion. Currently a strike is in progress which has effected the operation of telephone companies in Oklahoma and has considerably reduced the number of available employees. As a result, the telephone companies are…