44-809a. Certain acts unlawful and against public policy; construction.

44-809a

Chapter 44.--LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Article 8.--EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

      44-809a.   Certain acts unlawful and against public policy;construction.It shall be unlawful and against public policy for any person to engagein, or to induce or encourage the employees of any employer to engage in astrike or a concerted refusal in the course of their employment to use,manufacture, process, transport, or otherwise handle or work on any goods,articles, materials, or commodities or to perform any services, where anobject thereof is:

      (1)   Forcing or requiring any employer or self-employed person to joinany labor or employer organization or any employer or other person to ceaseusing, selling, handling, transporting, or otherwise dealing in livestock,farm or dairy products, or in the products of any other producer,processor, or manufacturer, or to cease doing business with any otherperson;

      (2)   forcing or requiring any other employer to recognize or bargain witha labor organization as the representative of his employees unless suchlabor organization has been selected as the representative of thecollective bargaining unit for the employees of such employer;

      (3)   forcing or requiring any employer to recognize or bargain with aparticular labor organization as the representative of his employees ifanother labor organization has been selected as the representative of thecollective bargaining unit for the employees of such employer;

      (4)   forcing or requiring any employer to assign particular work toemployees in a particular labor organization or in a particular trade,craft, or class rather than to employees in another labor organization orin another trade, craft, or class, unless such employer is failing toconform to an agreement with the bargaining unit for the employees of suchemployer:

      Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed toprevent an individual from quitting his employment at any time: Providedfurther, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed tomake unlawful a refusal by any person to enter upon the premises of anyemployer (other than his own employer), if the employees of such employerare engaged in a strike ratified or approved by a representative of acollective bargaining unit which such employer is required to recognizeunder this act: Provided further, That nothing in this section shallprohibit the extension of picketing or other legitimate labor unionactivity to the plant or premises of another employer if the employer withwhom a labor union is engaged in a direct legitimate dispute shallsubcontract to such other employer any portion of his production in anattempt to avoid the consequences of labor activity in such dispute.

      History:   L. 1955, ch. 252, § 4; July 1.