Author Question: Did the Court conclude that the handbilling in this case had a coercive effect on the secondary ... (Read 92 times)

brutforce · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

Did the Court conclude that the handbilling in this case had a coercive effect on the secondary employers?

Question 2

Is picketing qualitatively different from handbilling?

krakiolit · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

No. The Court concluded that handbilling, without picketing, does not coerce secondary employers. The Court stated:
The loss of customers because they read a handbill urging them not to patronize a business, and not because they are intimidated by a line of picketers, is the result of mere persuasion, and the neutral who reacts is doing no more than what its customers honestly want it to do.

Answer to Question 2

Yes. Picketing is a mixture of conduct and communication, with the conduct element often providing the most persuasive deterrent to third persons about to enter a business. Handbilling, on the other hand, is pure communication, depending solely on the force of the ideas contained in the handbill to persuade the third person.