Opinion ID: 2182087
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Heading: how did it all begin?

Text: For each ending, there is always a creation, or beginning. This entire matter arose when a sister Union (Local 1142), which had members employed at Morrell's plant in Sioux City, Iowa, engaged in a tremendous dispute with Morrell over wages and working conditions at the Sioux City plant. Members of the Sioux City Local implanted their Iowa strife into South Dakota soil by creating a picket line at Morrell's plant at Sioux Falls. Violence ensued. South Dakota citizens who tried to cross the picket line were assaulted. Violence ceased after an injunction was issued by the Second Judicial Court against the Sioux Falls Local. In fact, the Union was fined for contempt for failure to obey the injunction. Here, a contract is more honored in its breach, than its observance. To me, that's bad justice. Therefore, I dissent.