Legal Definitions - area-standards picketing

AREA-STANDARDS PICKETING

Area-standards picketing is a practice used by labor unions to protect their members in a specific region. This is done by picketing employers who may be using non-union workers to undercut the market with potentially lower labor costs.

For example, if a construction company in a particular region is using non-union workers who are paid less than the standard union wage, the union may picket the company to pressure them to hire union workers and pay them a fair wage. Another example could be a manufacturing company that moves its operations to a different state with lower labor costs, causing union workers to lose their jobs. The union may picket the company to bring attention to the issue and demand that the company provide fair compensation to its workers.

These examples illustrate how area-standards picketing is used to protect union workers from unfair labor practices and to ensure that employers in a particular region are held to a certain standard of wages and working conditions.