State ex rel. Koppers Co. v. International Union of Oil Chemical & Atomic Workers

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

The International Union of Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, Local Union No. 3-42971’s contract with Koppers Co., Inc. expired May 31, 1980. No new agreement was reached, so the union began picketing at Koppers’ Follansbee plant on June 1. Koppers convinced a Brooke County Circuit Court judge to issue a temporary injunction on June 9 against mass picketing, traffic or business obstruction, and assaults. Peaceful picketing by four local union picketers at a time on a twenty-foot strip of the plant’s private entrance road, was allowed. That injunction was amended on June 25…