§ 22-6-1-12 — Definitions

When used in this chapter and for the purpose
of this chapter:
(a) A case shall be held to involve or grow out of a labor dispute
when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry,
trade, craft, or occupation, or have direct or indirect interests in the
same industry, trade, craft, or occupation, or who are employees of the
same employer, or who are members of the same or an affiliated
organization of employers or employees, whether such dispute is:
(1) between one (1) or more employers or association of
employers and one (1) or more employees or association of
employees;
(2) between one (1) or more employers or association of
employers and one (1) or more employer or association of
employers; or
(3) between one (1) or more employees or association of
employees and one (1) or more employees or association of
employees;
or when the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a
labor dispute (as defined in subsection (c)) of persons participating or
interested in the labor dispute (as defined in subsection (b)).
(b) A person or association shall be held to be a "person
participating or interested in a labor dispute" if relief is sought against
the person or association, and if the person or association is engaged in
the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which the dispute
occurs, or has direct or indirect interest in the same industry, trade,
craft, or occupation in which the dispute occurs, or is a member,
officer, or agent of any association composed in whole or in part of
employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or
occupation.
(c) The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning
terms or conditions of employment or concerning the association or
representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing,
or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of
whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of
employer and employee.
(d) The term "court of the state of Indiana" means any court of the
state of Indiana whose jurisdiction is conferred or defined or limited by
statute.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.13. As amended by P.L.144-1986,
SEC.163; P.L.136-2018, SEC.123.