Wilkes-Barre Independent Co. v. Newspaper Guild, Local 120

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

On November 12, 1973, Local No. 120 of the Newspaper Guild and its agents (appellees herein) went on strike and began picketing the plant and offices of its employer, Wilkes-Barre Independent Company (appellant). Appellant, a corporation engaged in the publi*289cation, of a weekly newspaper, brought an action in equity seeking to enjoin preliminarily the union, which was the certified bargaining unit for eighteen of the newspaper’s sixty-one employees, from engaging in what the employer alleged to be unlawful “mass picketing.” The employer asked the court to limit…