Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corp. v. Hurley

Plaintiff seeks a permanent injunction to restrain an individual union employee from picketing. Defendant was and is a member of a labor organization under agreement with an association of which plaintiff is a member. He was discharged from employment and thereupon he established a picket line which the court finds was unauthorized by the union and he carried a placard announcing that he was locked out. The agreement contains a no strike and no lockout provision and machinery for the adjudication of disputes.

The question presented as urged by the defendant is whether picketing to compel the…