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Aurora Widgets, Inc., a private manufacturing firm with 900 employees, is represented by the Aurora Workers Union (AWU), its exclusive bargaining agent. After months of bargaining for a new collective bargaining agreement focusing on wages and scheduling, AWU calls a three-day peaceful strike with a picket line at the main gate and a partial work stoppage in two production lines. The union has given written notice to the employer and to the Department of Labor and Employment, and has sought assistance from the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) to resolve the dispute. There is no violence or property damage; production is paused only in the affected lines, while other lines continue. Management contends the strike is unlawful for two reasons: (i) the issues fall outside a legitimate labor dispute; and (ii) the strike involves only a portion of the plant. Which of the following statements best describes the controlling doctrine and the likely legal outcome?