R.W.D.S.U., Local 558 v. Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd.

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R.W.D.S.U., Local 558 v. Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd., 2002 SCC 8, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on secondary picketing. The Court held that at common law secondary picketing is legal so long as there is no criminal or tortious conduct.

Employees of Pepsi in Saskatchewan went on strike. Unlike many other provinces, Saskwatchewan did not have any secondary picketing legislation. So as part of their strike the employees picketed at retail stores that sold pepsi products and the homes of Pepsi's management. Pepsi successfully applied for an interlocutory injunction to prevent employees from picketing at the secondary locations. The employees appealed the injunction.

Pepsi had relied primarily on the 1960s decision of Hersees of Woodstock Ltd. v. Goldstein which held that all secondary picketing was illegal. The Supreme Court, however, overturned the decision.

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