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Perhaps surprisingly, whether picket lines are lawful is often a matter of legal contention when there's a strike. Company owners argue that they are obstructiv
by g_sch 5y ago
Perhaps surprisingly, whether picket lines are lawful is often a matter of legal contention when there's a strike. Company owners argue that they are obstructive (which is at least partially the point), and courts often grant injunctions or restraining orders placing limits on the size, location, or even existence of picket lines.
A coal company in Alabama recently won a restraining order that fully prohibited a picket line at their mine: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-issues-restraining-order-against-umwa-in-strike-on-warrior-met-coal/ar-AAQ4hIt https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-issues-restraining-o...
- pc86 5y agoHave any of these restrictions been on people operating entirely on public property? The only ones I've ever seen typically entail trying to block access entirely, something that by definition almost requires access to private property unless you have a ton of people, which most picket lines don't.