O.C.G.A. § 34-6-4 (2019)
Interference with lawful exercise of business activity
It shall be unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert with one or more other persons, by the use of force, intimidation, violence, or threats thereof to prevent or attempt to prevent any employer from lawfully engaging or continuing to engage in any proper and lawful business activity; from properly, lawfully, or peaceably using or enjoying his property used or useful in the conduct of such business; from acquiring materials or supplies for the purposes of such business; or from disposing of the goods, wares, or products of such business. It shall further be unlawful to prevent or attempt to prevent any carrier or other person from supplying or delivering materials or supplies to any such employer or from receiving or accepting delivery on the premises of such business of the goods, wares, or products of such business.
History
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 5.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘State Court Injunctions in Labor Disputes,’’ see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 559 (1974).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Brown Transp. Corp. v. Truck Drivers & Helpers Local 728, 218 Ga. 581, 129 S.E.2d 767 (1963); Fleming v. Termi-
nal Transp. Co., 222 Ga. 583, 151 S.E.2d 137 (1966).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 44B Am. Jur. 2d, Interference, §§ 1, 4, 6, 48. 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 538. 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Torts, §§ 40, 41. C.J.S. - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 387 et seq., 445, 448, 449 et seq. 86 C.J.S., Torts, § 42 et seq. ALR. - The boycott as a weapon in industrial disputes, 16 ALR 230; 27 ALR 651; 32 ALR 779; 116 ALR 484. Liability of labor organization for inducing breach of contract to furnish or accept material, 29 ALR 562. Right of union to refuse to work on materials produced or transported by nonunion labor, 52 ALR 1144; 54 ALR 806. Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute denouncing offense of interfering with or molesting mechanic or laborer, 123 ALR 316. Right of labor union to publicize that
commodity is nonunion-made, or that competing commodity is union-made, 131 ALR 1068. Constitutionality of statute respecting employer’s control of or interference with political affiliations or activities of employees, 166 ALR 707. Applicability of Norris-La Guardia Act and similar state statutes to injunction action by private complainant, 29 ALR2d 323. Right of labor union to strike, picket, or impose boycott to compel payment by employer of fine or other penalty, 32 ALR2d 342. Rights and remedies of workmen blacklisted by labor union, 46 ALR2d 1124. Liability, under statute, of labor union or its membership for torts committed in connection with primary labor activities - state cases, 85 ALR4th 979.