Delano Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Interference with Employees

It is unlawful for any person to beset or picket the premises of another, or any approach thereto, where any person is employed or seeks employment, or any place or approach thereto where such employee or person seeking employment lodges or resides, for the purposes of inducing such employee or person seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment.

(Ord. 168 §1, 1939).

It is unlawful for any person to beset or picket the premises of another, or any approach thereto, for the purpose of inducing others, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to refrain from entering such premises, or to refrain from patronizing, negotiating with or transacting business with the owner or occupant of such premises.

(Ord. 168 §2, 1939).

It is unlawful for any person, in association or agreement with each other or with any other person or persons, to assemble, congregate, or meet together in the vicinity of any premises where other persons are employed or seek employment, or upon the streets, highways, approaches or places adjacent thereto, for the purpose of inducing such employees or persons seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment. Each individual participating in any act described in this section is guilty of a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. 168 §3, 1939).

It is unlawful for any person to utter to, or within the hearing of another, any derogatory, indecent oppobrious epithets or language, or to use any gestures, or to make demonstrations of any kind, for the purpose of inducing any person, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment, or to refrain from patronizing, negotiating with or transacting business with any other person.

(Ord. 168 §4, 1939).

It is unlawful for any person to form, or to aid in forming, or to ride in any parade or procession of two or more motor vehicles formed or moving along any highway for the purpose of inducing any person, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, or fear, to quit his employment or to refrain from entering into, or carrying on his employment, upon or about any farm, ranch, drying shed, packing shed, packing house, or any other place of employment.

(Ord. 168 §5, 1939).

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1.16 of this Code.

(Ord. 168 §6, 1939).