I also seem to recall that R. Moshe Feinstein held it is forbidden to strike. But R. Moshe is not the only authority. R. Kook, before he moved to Israel, paskened that a local rav can refuse to pasken shailes if the kehilla does not pay the contracted for salary. Moreover, other rabbanim were to respect the strike and not pasken for the kehilla if question if asked. Thus a kehilla could find itself without someone to resolve kashrut questions, or more importantly questions about tahrat hamishpacha. Additionally there were charamot on rabbis assuming pulpits until the prior rav was paid any money owed him. I think the two situation are arguably analogous.
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