Trumka v. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mingo County

MILLER, Justice:

This case arises out of a labor dispute between members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)1 and two coal companies, the Sprouse Creek Processing Company and the Rocky Hollow Coal Company. These coal companies filed an action below seeking to enjoin the striking UMWA members from picketing and doing other activities near their places of business. The UMWA counterclaimed that the coal companies were violating W.Va.Code, 61-6-11,2 by hiring nonresident security guards from Southeastern Investigation and Security, Inc. Southeastern is a nonresident corporation licensed…