Westinghouse Air Brake Division v. United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America Local 610

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal, from a decree in equity issued during a strike, providing that if the company employs “nonstriking persons to perform any of the jobs of the striking employees,” two previously issued consent decrees enjoining mass picketing will be automatically dissolved. We find that in thus conditioning the continued effectiveness of the consent decrees, the chancellor abused his discretion. We therefore order the condition stricken, and reinstate the consent decrees.

On October 31, 1981, the collective bargaining agreement between appellant company and appellee union…