Secondary picketing of jobbers challenged. (clothing industry)

From: WWD | Date: October 8, 1986| Author: Taylor, Hal | Copyright information

Secondary picketing of jobbers challenged

A York, Pa., apparel firm is trying to overturn the decades-old right of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union to use secondary picketing against one garment industry subcontractor to force another apparel manufacturer to sign a union agreement.

However, the firm faces an uphill fight because an official of the National Labor Relations Board has already ruled ...

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