2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 27 - Labor And Employment
Chapter 7 - Labor Unions; Disputes And Injunctions; Right To Work

CHAPTER 7 - LABOR UNIONS; DISPUTES AND INJUNCTIONS; RIGHT TOWORK

 

27-7-101. Policy of state; organized labor permitted.

 

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Wyoming that workers have the right to organize for the purpose of protecting the freedom of labor, and of bargaining collectively with employers of labor for acceptable terms and conditions of employment, and that in the exercise of the aforesaid rights, workers should be free from the interference, restraint or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents in any concerted activities for their mutual aid or protection.

 

27-7-102. Issuance of injunctions limited by public policy.

 

No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction contrary to the public policy declared in this chapter.

 

27-7-103. Acts not subject to be enjoined.

 

(a) No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts:

 

(i) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment;

 

(ii) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization;

 

(iii) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute, any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance, or other moneys or things of value;

 

(iv) By all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any state;

 

(v) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence;

 

(vi) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute;

 

(vii) Advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts heretofore specified;

 

(viii) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore specified; and

 

(ix) Advising, urging, or otherwise causing or inducing without fraud or violence the acts heretofore specified, regardless of any such undertaking or promise.

 

27-7-104. Unlawful combination or conspiracy not grounds for injunction.

 

No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitute or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy because of the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in W.S. 27-7-103.

 

27-7-105. Hearing prerequisite for injunction; temporary restraining orders.

 

No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open court (with opportunity for cross-examination) in support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and testimony in opposition thereto, if offered. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent any such court from issuing a temporary restraining order in accordance with the code of civil procedure, but any such restraining order shall provide that a hearing for a temporary injunction shall be held not later than three (3) days after the granting of such restraining order, and such restraining order shall not be effective beyond the date of such hearing for a temporary injunction.

 

27-7-106. Injunction to include only specific acts.

 

Every restraining order or injunction granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts as may be expressly complained of in the petition filed in such case and sustained by competent evidence adduced in open court.

 

27-7-107. Limitation on liability of officers, members or organizations.

 

No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the state of Wyoming for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.

 

27-7-108. Right to work; definitions.

 

(a) The term "labor organization" means any organization, or any agency or employee representation committee, plan or arrangement, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.

 

(b) The term "person" shall include a corporation, association, company, firm or labor organization, as well as a natural person.

 

27-7-109. Right to work; membership in labor organization not required.

 

No person is required to become or remain a member of any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

 

27-7-110. Right to work; abstention from membership in labor organization not required.

 

No person is required to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

 

27-7-111. Right to work; payment or nonpayment of dues not required.

 

No person is required to pay or refrain from paying any dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

 

27-7-112. Right to work; connection with or approval by labor organization not required.

 

No person is required to have any connection with, or be recommended or approved by, or be cleared through, any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

 

27-7-113. Right to work; misdemeanor to impose or try to impose prohibited requirements; civil liability.

 

Any person who directly or indirectly places upon any other person any requirement or compulsion prohibited by this act, or who makes any agreement written or oral, express or implied, to do so, or who engages in any lockout, layoff, strike, work stoppage, slow down, picketing, boycott or other action or conduct, a purpose or effect of which is to impose upon any person, directly or indirectly, any requirement or compulsion prohibited by this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall also be liable in damages to any person injured thereby.

 

27-7-114. Right to work; injunction against prohibited conduct.

 

Any person injured or threatened with injury by any action or conduct prohibited by this act shall, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, be entitled to injunctive relief therefrom.

 

27-7-115. Right to work; penalties.

 

Any person convicted of a misdemeanor, as defined in this act, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both.