Legal Opinion
Sutter Health v. UNITE HERE
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 2010No. C054400PublishedCited by 5 opinions
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTLAND, P. J.
In an effort to force a nationwide laundry company to employ only union members and to improve their working conditions, a labor union commenced a campaign utilizing a variation of a technique known as secondary picketing. The campaign was directed at a group of hospitals that used the services of the laundry company. The union mailed postcards to prospective clients of the hospitals, warning them that the hospitals had their laundry cleaned by a company that did not ensure the cleaned linens would be free of blood, feces, and other harmful pathogens. The postcards were…
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