Title 44 — LABOR

44-701. Declaration of policy — Collective bargaining. In the interpretation and application of this act, the public policy of this state is declared as follows: Negotiation of terms and conditions of labor should result from voluntary agreement between employer and employees. Go…

44-702. Contracts between individual employee and employer for or against union membership barred. Every undertaking or promise hereafter made, whether written or oral, express or implied, between any employee or prospective employee and his employer, prospective employer or any …

44-703. Injunctions — Restrictions on issuance. No court, nor any judge or judges thereof shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction which in specific or general terms prohibits any person or persons from doing, whether singly or i…

44-704. Immunity from civil or criminal liability — Labor disputes. No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute (as these terms are herein defined) shall be held responsible or liable i…

44-705. Injunctions — Declaration of policy. In the interpretation and application of sections 44-706—44-709, inclusive, the public policy of this state is declared as follows: Equity procedure that permits a complaining party to obtain sweeping injunctive relief that is not prec…

44-706. Injunctions — Grounds — Hearing required — Bond. No court nor any judge or judges thereof shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, as herein defined, except after hearing the testimony of…

44-707. Plaintiff failing to comply with law or bargain in good faith — Injunction refused. No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law which is involved in the labor dispute in question…

44-708. Injunctions — Findings of fact — Scope of order. No restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of findings of fact made and filed by the court in the record of the case…

44-709. Review of orders granting or refusing injunction. Whenever any court or judge or judges thereof shall issue or deny any temporary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to the proceedings, and on hi…

44-710. Criminal contempt charged — Rights of accused. In all cases where a person shall be charged with direct criminal contempt for violation of a restraining order or injunction issued by a court or judge or judges thereof, the accused shall enjoy, (a) The rights as to admissi…

44-711. Punishment for contempt. Punishment for a contempt, specified in section 44-710, may be by fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen (15) days, in the jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both, in the discretion …

44-712. Labor dispute defined. The term "labor dispute" means any controversy between an employer and the majority of his employees in a collective bargaining unit concerning the right or process or details of collective bargaining or the designation of representatives.

44-713. Separability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.