Local No. 1667, United Auto Workers v. Kawneer Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment assessing a $2500 fine against a labor union “and all of those employees acting in concert therewith” for contempt of court in violating the terms of a restraining order.

[1] The case was practiced in the trial court and briefed in this court prior to decision and publication of Miller v. Vettiner, Ky., 481 S.W.2d 32 (1972), and Otis v. Meade, Ky., 483 S.W.2d 161 (1972), from which opinions it is clear that unless the right is waived the trial court may not inflict a fine greater than $500 or incarceration for more than six months except upon the unanimous…