SUTTER HEALTH v. UNITE HERE

No. C054400.

186 Cal.App.4th 1193 (2010)

113 Cal. Rptr. 3d 132

SUTTER HEALTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNITE HERE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers, Robert C. Welsh, Sarah A. Stofferahn; Jones Day, F. Curt Kirschner, Jr., and Christopher T. Scanlan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin, Scott A. Kronland and Stacey Leyton for Defendant and Appellant.

Levy, Ram & Olson, Karl Olson, Erica L. Craven; Thomas W. Newton; Stephen J. Burns; Karlene W. Goller; Jonathan R. Donnellan, Kristina E. Findikyan; Judith L. Fanshaw; and Margaret C. Crosby for California Newspaper Publishers Association, McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., McClatchy Company, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Hearst Corporation, The Associated Press, Copley Press, Inc., American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and California First Amendment Coalition as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

SCOTLAND, P. J.

In an effort to force a nationwide laundry company to employ only union members and to improve their working conditions, a labor union commenced a campaign utilizing a variation of a technique known as secondary picketing. The campaign was directed at a group of hospitals that used the services of the laundry company. The union mailed postcards to prospective clients of the hospitals, warning them that the hospitals...

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