Watch List Webinar -- Ralphs Grocery Co. v. UFCWU Local 8: Statutory Picketing Rights and the First Amendment

The State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section presents our first webinar from The Watch List:

Ralphs Grocery Co. v. UFCWU Local 8:

Statutory Picketing Rights and the First Amendment

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time

1.0 Total Participatory MCLE Credits (No Ethics)

On December 27, the California Supreme Court in Ralphs Grocery Co. v. UFCWU Local 8 held that two statutory provisions – Code of Civil Procedure section 527.3 (the Moscone Act) and Labor Code section 1138.1 (section 1138.1) – protect a labor union’s right to picket on private property in front of a grocery store, even though that property does not constitute a public forum under the California Constitution’s liberty of speech provision. The Court further held that the Moscone Act and section 1138.1, which are components of a state statutory system for regulating labor relations and which are modeled on federal law do not run afoul of the federal constitutional prohibition on content discrimination in speech regulations. 

Speakers: 

Paul L. More (counsel for UFCWU, argued before Supreme Court) 

William J. Emanuel (counsel for amici Employers Group, et al.)

Moderator:   

Steven G. Pearl, ADR Services, Inc. 

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