Posts tagged Glacier Northwest
US Supreme Court’s ruling in strike case puts unions on defense
June 8, 2023 // However, workers aren’t shielded unless they take “reasonable precautions” to protect employers’ property from “foreseeable, aggravated, and imminent danger due to the sudden cessation of work.” A 1959 Supreme Court ruling established that courts must defer to the board's initial judgment if it’s even arguable that the legal dispute arises from a strike or other legally-protected worker actions. The lawsuit was essentially an attempt to overturn that precedent. The court didn’t go quite that far (although some conservative justices invited the opportunity to do so in a future case).
The Supreme Court hears a case this week that endangers workers’ ability to strike
January 10, 2023 // Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters should be a straightforward case. But nothing is ever straightforward in this Supreme Court.
Worker Advocate Files Supreme Court Brief Opposing Union Boss Attempt to Evade Liability for Property Damage
November 8, 2022 // . Union officials also have the privilege to foist monopoly “representation” over all workers in a workplace regardless of whether they are union members or voted for the union in power. Probably the most abusive union boss privilege of all is the power to force employees in non-Right to Work states to pay union dues or fees just to stay employed, while maintaining monopoly bargaining control in a workplace with no effective term limits. “This Court should treat unions like all other citizens or entities, clarifying that they can be liable for damages in state courts under ‘the common law rule that a man is held to intend the foreseeable consequences of his conduct,’” the brief concludes.
Seattle Teamsters strike is over, but concrete could take weeks to flow
April 14, 2022 // "We've proven that we can stay out on strike, we can stay out on strike a lot longer than this. Our coffers are full," he said, and their demands for a new contract remain unchanged.