2021 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-6-4. Interference With Lawful Exercise of Business Activity

It shall be unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert with one or more other persons, by the use of force, intimidation, violence, or threats thereof to prevent or attempt to prevent any employer from lawfully engaging or continuing to engage in any proper and lawful business activity; from properly, lawfully, or peaceably using or enjoying his property used or useful in the conduct of such business; from acquiring materials or supplies for the purposes of such business; or from disposing of the goods, wares, or products of such business. It shall further be unlawful to prevent or attempt to prevent any carrier or other person from supplying or delivering materials or supplies to any such employer or from receiving or accepting delivery on the premises of such business of the goods, wares, or products of such business.

(Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 5.)

- Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.

- For article, "State Court Injunctions in Labor Disputes," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 559 (1974).

Cited in Brown Transp. Corp. v. Truck Drivers & Helpers Local 728, 218 Ga. 581, 129 S.E.2d 767 (1963); Fleming v. Terminal Transp. Co., 222 Ga. 583, 151 S.E.2d 137 (1966).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 44B Am. Jur. 2d, Interference, §§ 1, 4, 6, 48. 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 538. 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Torts, §§ 40, 41.

- 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 387 et seq., 445, 448, 449 et seq. 86 C.J.S., Torts, § 42 et seq.

- The boycott as a weapon in industrial disputes, 16 A.L.R. 230; 27 A.L.R. 651; 32 A.L.R. 779; 116 A.L.R. 484.

Liability of labor organization for inducing breach of contract to furnish or accept material, 29 A.L.R. 562.

Right of union to refuse to work on materials produced or transported by nonunion labor, 52 A.L.R. 1144; 54 A.L.R. 806.

Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute denouncing offense of interfering with or molesting mechanic or laborer, 123 A.L.R. 316.

Right of labor union to publicize that commodity is nonunion-made, or that competing commodity is union-made, 131 A.L.R. 1068.

Constitutionality of statute respecting employer's control of or interference with political affiliations or activities of employees, 166 A.L.R. 707.

Applicability of Norris-La Guardia Act and similar state statutes to injunction action by private complainant, 29 A.L.R.2d 323.

Right of labor union to strike, picket, or impose boycott to compel payment by employer of fine or other penalty, 32 A.L.R.2d 342.

Rights and remedies of workmen blacklisted by labor union, 46 A.L.R.2d 1124.

Liability, under statute, of labor union or its membership for torts committed in connection with primary labor activities - state cases, 85 A.L.R.4th 979.