Exam 16: Picketing and Strikes

There is a constitutional right to picket, but there is no recognized constitutional right to strike.

The National Labor Relations Act allows the NLRB to seek injunctions in federal courts when a complaint alleges violations of:

The Landrum-Griffin Act prohibits recognitional picketing by an uncertified union in certain situations.

What does Section 8(b) (4)of the National Labor Relations Act deal with?

Picketing to protest substandard wages paid by an employer is subject to Section 8(b) (7), as long as the union does not have a recognitional object.

An employer may resort to a lockout only after bargaining in good faith to an impasse.

Discuss the jurisdictional disputes of Section 8(b) (4) (D).

What is common situs picketing?

The second proviso to Section 8(b) (4)prohibits the union from distributing handbills addressed to the public.

Pressure tactics include all of the following, except :

Hot cargo clauses are the provisions in a collective bargaining agreement that purport to permit employees to refuse to handle the product of any employer involved in a labor dispute.

Can any person suffering harm to business or property sue in federal court to recover damages?

In Edward J. Debartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building Trades Council, DeBartolo filed a complaint with the NLRB, under Section 8(b) (4)of the NLRA, charging the union with engaging in:

Publicity, other than picketing for the purposes of truthfully advising the public that the products of the employer against whom the union is striking are being distributed by another employer, is prohibited according to the provisions of Section 8(b) (4).

In Sailors' Union Of The Pacific and Moore Dry Dock Co. the dry-dock company filed an unfair practice charge with the NLRB, alleging that the union's picketing at the dry dock violated Section 8(b) (4) (B). The NLRB held that union's picketing did not violate Section 8(b) (4) (B)and therefore:

In Local 761, International Union of Electrical Radio & Machineworkers [General Electric] v. NLRB, GE filed a complaint with the NLRB, alleging that the union's picketing at Gate 3-A, used exclusively by the employees of the contractors under _____ of the NLRA.

When was the Norris-La Guardia Act passed and what are its provisions relating to strike?

What is the right of an employer under Section 8(b) (7) (C)related to picketing?

In Hudgens v. NLRB, warehouse employees of the Butler Shoe Co. went on strike to protest the company's failure to agree to demands made by their union in contract negotiations. The union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Hudgens with the Board, alleging interference with rights protected by Section 7 of the NLRA. The U. S. Supreme Court held that the case should be remanded to the:

What is a strike?