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Cal. Labor Code § 1138.2 (2026)

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No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant involved in the labor dispute in question who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law, or who has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle that dispute either by negotiation or with the aid of any available governmental machinery of mediation or voluntary arbitration.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Smart & Final Logistics v. Teamsters Local 630 CA4/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025).
Smart & Final Logistics v. Teamsters Local 630 CA4/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “’ (Lab. Code, § 1138.2.)” The court found it had made such an effort within the meaning of the statute, explaining: “[Smart & Final] demonstrates that, before the [U]nion picketing began on November 1, 2023, it attempted to negotiate the ongoing labor dispute with the [U]nion,…”
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