Arkansas § 11-3-402 Interference with railroad engines and employees prohibited

Arkansas Statutes

§ 11-3-402 — Interference with railroad engines and employees prohibited

Arkansas § 11-3-402

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Ark. Code Ann. § 11-3-402 (2026).

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(a)Where a labor union or striking employees are picketing, or causing to be picketed, the premises or approach to the premises of any employer which is not a railroad, it shall be unlawful for any persons to stand upon the track or in the way or otherwise interfere with, prevent, delay, forbid, or obstruct by force or threats the progress of any railroad engine, train, or cars operated by a railroad common carrier in the performance of its common carrier duties and moving from, to, or past the premises.

(b)Where any labor union or striking employees are picketing, or causing to be picketed, the premises or approach to the premises of an employer which is not a railroad, it shall be unlawful for any person, through intimidation, picketing, or otherwise intentionally to induce or persuade

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(a) Where a labor union or striking employees are picketing, or causing to be picketed, the premises or approach to the premises of any employer which is not a railroad, it shall be unlawful for any persons to stand upon the track or in the way or otherwise interfere with, prevent, delay, forbid, or obstruct by force or threats the progress of any railroad engine, train, or cars operated by a railroad common carrier in the performance of its common carrier duties and moving from, to, or past the premises. (b) Where any labor union or striking employees are picketing, or causing to be picketed, the premises or approach to the premises of an employer which is not a railroad, it shall be unlawful for any person, through intimidation, picketing, or otherwise intentionally to induce or persuade, or to seek to induce or persuade, any employees of a railroad not to enter, leave, or pass the premises with any railroad engine, train, or cars operated by a railroad in the performance of its common carrier duties. (c) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a time not to exceed six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. (d) In addition to the penalty provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any party adversely affected by a violation of this section to enforce the provisions by restraining orders and injunction. (e) Anyone conspiring with others to cause a violation of this section shall be liable in a civil action for damages.