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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 24 - Labor » Chapter 13 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes

§ 341. Limitation on injunctive power of courts

No court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

§ 342. Specific acts exempt from restraint or injunction

No court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a 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: (a) […]

§ 343. Conspiracy or unlawful combination to do acts in concert

No court of the Virgin Islands 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 […]

§ 344. Liability for acts of officers or members of organizations

No officer or member of any association or organizations, and no association or organization, participating or interested in a labor dispute shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the Virgin Islands for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of the actual participation in such acts, […]

§ 345. Grounds for issuing injunctions; hearings; temporary order; undertaking

No court of the Virgin Islands 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 […]

§ 346. Good faith of complainant as prerequisite for relief

No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation fixed by the laws involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed to make every effort to settle such dispute either by negotiation or with the aid of the Department of Labor […]

§ 348. Appeals

Whenever any court 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, forthwith certify, as in ordinary cases, the record of the case to the immediately superior court, for its review.

§ 349. Definitions

When used in this chapter, and for the purposes hereof: (a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation, or have direct or indirect interest therein; or who are employees of the […]

§ 350. Separability of provisions

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remaining provisions of the chapter and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.