Phillips v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The question is whether peaceful picketing should be enjoined if its object is to force an employer to compel his employes to join a labor union under the threat of discharging them if they refuse.

Plaintiffs, Phillips and Ostroff, are manufacturers of slip covers, draperies and curtains, their establish ment being located on the second floor of a building at 20th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. At the height of the season they employ in their plant ten girls. For one year they had a closed shop agreement with Local Union No. 124 of the Upholsterers…