Section 53 Harassment and Name Calling

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

In Smitty’s Super Markets, Inc. v. Retail Store Employees Local 322, 637 S.W.2d 148 (Mo. App. S.D. 1982), the appellate court determined that proper injunctive relief included prohibitions not only against harassment and intimidation of customers but also against the use of false and misleading picket sign information. Injunctive relief of this type is warranted by the Supreme Court’s decision in Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114, 383 U.S. 53 (1966) (“where either party to a labor dispute circulates false and defamatory statements . . . the court does have jurisdiction...