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Labor/Employment

Jan. 10, 2013

Union picketing case may not be the 'win' labor thinks it is

Even if left undisturbed by the U.S. Supreme Court, on close examination the state Supreme Court's opinion may not be the unqualified victory for labor that it appears to be at first blush. By John Douglas


By John H. Douglas


On Dec. 27, 2012, the state Supreme Court announced its widely anticipated decision in Ralphs Grocery Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, 2012 DJDAR 17298, a case setting forth the court's views on the constitutionality of two California laws - the Moscone Act and Labor Code Section 1138.1. Both laws provide speech on private property by unions and their adherents on labor related controversies with privileges denied s...

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