West Virginia judge grants restraining order against striking Frontier employees

A judge has granted Frontier Communications a temporary restraining order against striking workers in West Virginia and Ashburn, Virginia, preventing those workers “from engaging in certain unlawful violence, property damage and mass picketing” the company says has occurred during the ongoing strike.

But the roughly 1,400 striking members of Communications Workers of America Local 142 are maintaining that Frontier’s claims of unlawful activity are an overreaction to fair picketing methods the union has been practicing since the strike began March 4, adding that Frontier is unwilling to provide 100 percent job security for union workers.

Frontier is ultimately seeking an injunction against the CWA and its local affiliates, to protect those working during the strike, including outside contractors, against abuse it alleges has occurred during the strike. The company filed its request for an injunction Thursday in Kanawha County Circuit Court.

For now, the company has a temporary restraining order granted by Circuit Court Judge Charles King, which remains in effect until 5 p.m. Monday.

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