Carpet Serv. Int'l, Inc. v. Chicago Reg'l Council of Carpenters, No. 11-3194 (7th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseIn 2007, CSI entered into a contract with Sunrise to install carpets, countertops, flooring, and wall tiles at a new condominium within the geographical jurisdiction of the union’s Local 13. Though CSI was not a signatory to a collective bargaining agreement with Local 13, most other workers at the job site were union members. The union became aware that Sunrise was using non-unionized workers and began picketing and a strike. A union organizer stated that Sunrise should get rid of CSI and that if it used CSI on other job sites in the future, Local 13 would set up pickets at those jobs as well. Due to the threat, Sunrise canceled another contract and moved CSI workers to night hours at the condominium project. CSI’s president claims that the union organizer attacked him at the job site and brought claims for lost profits, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and unfair labor practices (secondary pressure) under the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 187. The district court ruled in favor of defendants Regional Council, Local 13, and the union organizer on all counts. The Seventh Circuit affirmed.
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