You have been hired as a Director of HR for the hotel being built in Athens, Georgia.  The hotel is a private employer, and the staff is mostly hired and being trained at a sister location in Columbia, SC.  Your base of operations will be at the Columbia location until the hotel is open. On your first day there is labor hand billing in front of the hotel requesting guests not use the hotel because of a dispute with one of the contractors building the location in Athens.  The hand billing is mostly educational but there is an element of hostility towards workers in the hotel.  This is considered Third Party Picketing.  Your counsel recommends you implement the Reserve Gate Doctrine.

 

As the new Director, explain the Reserve Gate Doctrine and steps you would take as a result of the Third-Party Picketing. What steps would you implement at the location back in Athens, Ga?