Legal Opinion
City of Alcoa v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 760
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1957PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bubnett
The question involved in this lawsuit is: Does a union and its members have a right to strike and picket a municipality for whom they work in an effort to compel the municipality to enter into a collective bargaining agreement? The Chancellor answered the question in the negative. An appeal has been seasonably perfected, briefs filed and arguments heard. We now have the matter for determination.
This suit was filed as a result of the members of the captioned union striking and picketing in an effort to compel the City of Alcoa, a municipal corporation, to recognize and bargain with it as the…
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