§ 28-10-1. Mediation and conciliation by director. It shall be the duty of the director of labor and training to do all in his or her power to promote the voluntary mediation and conciliation of controversies and disputes between employers and employees, and to avoid resort to strikes, lockouts, boycotts, blacklists, discriminations, and legal proceedings […]
§ 28-10-10. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 200, § 1: P.L. 1988, ch. 545, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 39, effective July 5, 1995.
§ 28-10-11. Employment of strikebreaker prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, or corporation, or officer or their agents, involved in a labor strike or lockout knowingly to employ in place of an employee involved in the labor strike or lockout any person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself or herself […]
§ 28-10-12. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 200, § 1: P.L. 1988, ch. 545, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 39, effective July 5, 1995.
§ 28-10-13. Notice in advertising. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, agency, firm, or corporation, or officer or their agents, to recruit, solicit, or advertise for employees, or refer persons to employment, in place of employees in a labor strike or lockout, without adequate notice to the person or in the advertisement that […]
§ 28-10-13.1. Police and fire services. (a) Recognizing that police and fire services provided by a municipality during a labor dispute are a public function, and recognizing further the need to secure the rights and safety of all parties to a labor dispute and the rights and safety of the general public, it shall be […]
§ 28-10-14. Penalty for violations. Any person, partnership, agency, firm, or corporation violating § 28-10-11, § 28-10-13, or § 28-10-13.1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each person recruited, supplied, procured, referred, or employed, or to suffer […]
§ 28-10-2. Prerequisites and proof required for injunction. (a) No court of this state shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving 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 […]
§ 28-10-3. “Labor dispute” defined. (a) “Labor dispute” includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. […]
§ 28-10-4. Relief denied to complainants in default. No relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law that is involved in the labor dispute in question, and who has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle the dispute either by negotiation and with the […]
§ 28-10-5. Jury trial of contempts. In all cases arising under this chapter in which a person is charged with contempt in a court of this state, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury; provided, that this right does not apply to contempts committed in the […]
§ 28-10-6. “Person” defined. Whenever used in §§ 28-10-7 and 28-10-8, the word “person” means any individual, firm, association, corporation, or law enforcement agency; provided, that the word does not include any member of a city or town police department, any member of the division of state police, deputy sheriff, or any member of the […]
§ 28-10-7. Tear gas prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or to cause to be used during the progress of labor strikes or lockouts of any type, any tear gas, brombenzylcyanide, or any other gas that would affect the respiratory organs. History of Section.P.L. 1938, ch. 2619, § 2; G.L. 1938, […]
§ 28-10-8. Penalty for use of gas. (a) Any person violating any of the provisions of § 28-10-7 shall be liable for and required to pay a civil penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every offense. The civil penalty may be assessed in an action brought on behalf of […]
§ 28-10-9. Advertising for employees during labor dispute. If an employer during the continuance of a strike, lockout, or other labor trouble among his or her employees publicly advertises in newspapers or by posters or otherwise for employees, or by himself or herself or his or her agents solicits persons to work for him or […]
