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The right to strike is in danger at the US Supreme Court
A company claiming cement that hardened in its trucks during a work stoppage means it can now sue the union that represented the strikers for damages is threatening the very foundation of US workers’ rights, reports MARK GRUENBERG
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IN a complex case from Washington state, the right-wing dominated US Supreme Court tackled the right to strike and whether corporate lawsuits can stop it.
“The right to strike is on trial today at the US Supreme Court,” AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler warned in a January 10 tweet about the case, Glacier Northwest, Inc v Teamsters Local 174.
“For nearly a century, federal law has protected workers’ right to strike to improve their wages, hours and working conditions.”
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