Messner v. Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers & Cosmetologists, International Union of America, Local 256

Defendants appeal from a judgment of the trial court enjoining them from picketing plaintiff’s barber shop to secure a union shop agreement.

Plaintiff is a barber, working with the tools of the trade. During the summer of 1957 defendants attempted to organize all the barber shops in the San Diego area. They submitted a contract to plaintiff that would have required him and his four barber employees to join defendants’ organization. Defendants did not represent any of plaintiff’s employees, and the employees do not wish to join the union or to be represented by defendants. Plaintiff’s refusal…