Walker v. Bishop

This action arose out of events related to a labor strike called by Laborers’ International Union Local 246 against a Georgia Kraft Company plant in Meriwether County. The plaintiff, Landis Ray Bishop, was a union steward and striking employee at the time the *237events took place, whereas defendant Walker was a non-striking employee. On November 28,1979, Bishop went to Walker’s residence in the company of another striking employee to discuss Walker’s nonparticipation in the strike. Walker asserts that Bishop threatened him and used abusive language in the presence of his family during this…