General Electric Co. v. Local 182 International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers

VAUGHN, Judge.

At the outset, this Court is faced with the question of whether our State courts have jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action or whether jurisdiction is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, 29 USC § 151 et seq., and vested in the National Labor Relations Board. The federal labor relations statutes do not deprive a state of the power to enjoin mass picketing or picketing involving violence, notwithstanding that interstate commerce is affected by the picketing. Youngdahl v. Rainfair, 355 U.S. 131, 2 L. Ed. 2d 151, 78 S. Ct. 206 (1957); United A.A. &…