Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.32.050 (2026)

Jurisdiction of courts

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No court of the state of Washington shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute or prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute (as these terms are herein defined) from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts:

(1) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment;

(2) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in RCW 49.32.030;

(3) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance or other moneys or things of value;

(4) By all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any state;

(5) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence;

(6) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute;

(7) Advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts heretofore specified;

(8) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore specified; and

(9) Advising, urging, or otherwise causing or inducing without fraud or violence the acts heretofore specified, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in RCW 49.32.030.

[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 s 4; RRS s 7612-4.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1986–1993 · leading case: Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Local 598 v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 724 P.2d 1030 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986).

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Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Local 598 v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 724 P.2d 1030 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “) [3] RCW 49.32.050: "(5) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence; "(6) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion…”

Abels v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 849 P.2d 1258 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “The District also argues that the trial court had no jurisdiction under RCW 49.32.050. That statute states in part that: No court of the state of Washington shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent *556 injunction in any case involving or…”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 49.32.050(5) — 1 case

Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Local 598 v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 724 P.2d 1030 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). “) [3] RCW 49.32.050: "(5) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence; "(6) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion…”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 49.32.050(l) — 1 case

Abels v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 849 P.2d 1258 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). “The District also argues that the trial court had no jurisdiction under RCW 49.32.050. That statute states in part that: No court of the state of Washington shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent *556 injunction in any case involving or…”

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