Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 44-712 (2026)

Labor dispute defined. 

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Labor dispute defined. 

The term "labor dispute" means any controversy between an employer and the majority of his employees in a collective bargaining unit concerning the right or process or details of collective bargaining or the designation of representatives.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1951–1973 · leading case: Poffenroth v. Culinary Workers Union Local No. 328, 232 P.2d 968 (Idaho 1951).
Poffenroth v. Culinary Workers Union Local No. 328, 232 P.2d 968 (Idaho 1951). · cites it 4× “The complaint stated a cause of action under and in compliance with Section 44-712, I.C., alleging none of respondent Poffenroth’s employees are members of appellant Union and that appellant Union has not been authorized by any of said employees to represent them; thus no labor…”
Cox's Food Ctr., Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local No. 1653, 420 P.2d 645 (Idaho 1966). · cites it 2× “Appellant contends that the district court improperly refused to assert jurisdiction over the alleged labor dispute herein involved; specifically it contends that in refusing jurisdiction and in dismissing the action the court committed error in holding (1) that the picketing…”
Tarr v. Amalgamated Ass'n of Street Elec. Ry. & Motor Coach Employees, 250 P.2d 904 (Idaho 1952). · cites it 4× “The dispute between the Pocatello Transit Company and appellants was a labor dispute within the meaning of Section 44-712, I.C. Boise Street Car Co.”
Simpkins v. Sw. Idaho Painters Dist. Council No. 57, 505 P.2d 313 (Idaho 1973). · cites it 4× “The role played by I.C. § 44-712 in appellants’ attack against the union picketing is rather obscure.”
Twin Falls Constr. Co. v. Operating Engineers Local 370, 509 P.2d 788 (Idaho 1973). · cites it 2× “§ 44-703(e) 1 to incorporate the definition of labor dispute contained in I.C. § 44-712 2 ), rev’d mem., 352 U.S. 884 , 77 S.”
Simpkins v. Sw Idaho Paint. Dist. C. No. 57, 505 P.2d 313 (Idaho 1973). · cites it 6× “Specifically, we are required to decide whether the Idaho Antitrust Law, [32] and I.C. § 44-712 [33] — which narrowly defines the labor disputes that underlie the right to engage in peaceful picketing, constitute valid bases for assertion of state jurisdiction.”
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