Legality Picketing

union members picketing national labor relations board rulings outside agency s washington, d.c., headquarters in november 2007.

picketing, long not cause obstruction highway or intimidation, legal in many countries , in line freedom of assembly laws, many countries have restrictions on use of picketing.

legally defined, recognitional picketing method of picketing applies economic pressure employer specific goal force employer recognise issues facing employees , address them bargaining union. in us, type of picketing, under section 8(b) (7) (a) of labor act, typically illegal if representation not relevant or unquestionable.

in uk mass picketing made illegal under trade disputes , trade unions act 1927 after 1926 general strike. trade union , labour relations (consolidation) act 1992 gives protection, under civil law, pickets acting in connection industrial dispute @ or near workplace using picketing peacefully obtain or communicate information or persuading person work or abstain working. however, many employers have taken gaining injunctions limit effect of picketing outside work place. granting of injunctions tends based on accusation of intimidation or, in general, on non-peaceful behaviour , claim numbers of picketers not affected workplace.

historically, picketing banned liberal government in criminal law amendment act 1871 decriminalised conservative government conspiracy , protection of property act 1875.

in us, strike activity hard organise in 1900s, picketing became more common after norris-laguardia act of 1932, limited ability of employers gain injunctions stop strikes, , further legislation support right organise unions. mass picketing , secondary picketing outlawed 1947 taft-hartley act. kinds of pickets constitutionally protected.

viewing laws against stalking potentially inconsistent labour rights of picketing, first anti-stalking law of industrial world, made california s lawmakers, inserted provisions disapply law normal labor picketing , has survived subsequent amendments.