Weis Markets, Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23

POPOVICH, Judge:

This appeal challenges the order entered August 5, 1992, by the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County granting a preliminary injunction the effect of which was to restrain picketing by the defendants/appellants, United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23. We reverse.

The record indicates that the plaintiff/appellee, Weis Markets, Inc., filed a complaint in equity seeking to enjoin the appellants’ picketing and distributing leaflets at the single-standing Weis’ store in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The complaint alleged, as herein relevant, that the union was engaged in…