Earlier editions: 2026-09
Selma Municipal Code Ch. 5 Picketing
Selma Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Selma
Cite as: Selma Municipal Code Chapter 5 · Text as of 2026-10-03
6-5-1: UNLAWFUL PICKETING OR HARASSMENT:¶
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to watch, beset or picket the premises of another where any person is employed or any approach thereto, or any place where such employee lodges or resides, or any approach thereto for the purpose of inducing any such employee, by compulsion, threats, coercion, intimidation, or by any act of violence, or by putting the employee in fear, to quit his employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to watch, beset, or picket the premises of another, or any approach thereto, for the purpose of inducing others to refrain from entering the premises, or from patronizing, transacting business within or negotiating with the owner or occupant of the premises.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, in association or agreement with one (1) or more persons, to assemble, congregate, or meet together in the vicinity of any premises where other persons are employed or upon the streets, approaches or places adjacent thereto, for the purpose of inducing any such employee, by compulsion, threats, coercion, intimidation, or by any act of violence, or by putting the employee in fear, to quit his employment therein, or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment therein.
(D) It shall, be unlawful for any person, in association or agreement with one (1) or more persons, to assemble, congregate, or meet together in the vicinity of the premises of another, or upon the streets, approaches, or places adjacent thereto, for the purpose of inducing others to refrain from entering the premise or from patronizing, transacting business with, or negotiating with the owner or occupant of the premises.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to utter to, or within the hearing of, another, any derogatory, profane, indecent, opprobrious epithets or language, or to use any gesture, or to make demonstrations of any kind, for the purpose of inducing any persons, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit his 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.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person to form or to aid in forming, or to ride in, any parade, or procession of two (2) or more vehicles formed or moving along the public streets for the purpose of inducing any person, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation or fear from entering into, or carrying on his employment, upon or about any place of business, packing shed, dwelling or any other premises or place of employment.
(G) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, stand or sit upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles passing or attempting to pass along or over the same, or so as to in any way or manner annoy or molest persons passing along or over the same. (Ord. 306, 7-12-37)
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