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Friday, October 23, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Fat Cat Succeeds Rat

SAN FRANCISCO - Graff Diamonds claims the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local Union No.22 interfered with commerce with a 20-foot tall, inflated "fat cat" holding a union man by the neck. Similar complaints have been filed about unions' use of a giant inflatable rat at nonunion work sites.

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