Opinion ID: 626425
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: The Union Failed to Discourage Secondary Effects.

Text: At trial, Fidelity presented evidence that the union did nothing to lessen disruptions to third parties. Demonstrating bare compliance with Moore Dry Dock does not, in and of itself, prove that the common situs picketing was not infected with an improper secondary purpose. Ramey, 472 F.2d at 1134. The union shoulders a heavy burden and must convince the trier of fact that the picketing was conducted in a manner least likely to encourage secondary effects. Id. at 1131. On more than one occasion, the union used in excess of 100 picketers and encouraged those picketers to scream and make as much noise as possible. At the headquarters of Jova, the chants disrupted office workers for days. At the Colony Square site, the picketers disturbed patrons of a restaurant located on the construction site by screaming Rats out!, There are rats in the building!, and Bitch rat! In its organizing report, the union bragged that at Colony Square it created such a nasty environment, that some complaints to the property owners included people who couldn't work on the 22nd floor because of the noise, tenants could hear our chants in their sleep, and people refused to eat lunch at the mall because they had no choice but to walk through the pickets. The jury was entitled to find that the union picketed with an unlawful intent because the union did nothing to discourage secondary effects.