Section 1 Introduction

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the general legal parameters associated with picketing, handbilling, and strike activity in a labor relations context. This is an extremely complex area of the law and much more dynamic than many areas of traditional labor law. The overview is written from the perspective of the employer—particularly the private employer—that is subject to picketing or handbilling. The chapter addresses the following topics:

• Situations in which an employer may engage in “self-help” to lessen the effects of handbilling or picketing activity on its property without running afoul of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq

• Provisions of the NLRA that can be invoked to obtain injunctive and administrative relief through the processes of the National Labor Relations Board or independently through the federal court system by bringing an action for damages

• Limited situations in which the handbilling...