Smyrniotis v. Local Joint Executive Board of Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union

Predicating its action upon the Jurisdictional Strike Act (Lab. Code, § 1115 et seq.) hereinafter called the Act, the trial court issued a preliminary injunction ordering defendant union to cease picketing plaintiffs’ restaurant. Defendants appeal from that order, contending that the enjoined conduct does not constitute concerted activity “arising out of a controversy between two or more labor organizations” and that, consequently, the Act does not apply.

We hold that since the picketing originated in a dispute between a labor organization and an employer over the terms and conditions of…