Posted on 06/01/2023 8:37:49 AM PDT by CFW
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a concrete company in Washington state seeking to revive a lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters alleging that a strike damaged its product.
The 8-1 decision written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett means the company, Glacier Northwest Inc., can pursue a lawsuit against the union in state court over an August 2017 strike in which drivers walked off the job, leaving wet concrete in their trucks.
Barrett, one of the court's six conservatives, wrote that a state court was wrong to dismiss the claims at such an early stage in proceedings based on its concern that the claims conflicted with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a federal law that protects union activity.
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Ouch. Damage indeed.
That's just mean.
And expensive.
It’s not that much of a blow to unions. Preventing strikes would be a blow to unions. But saying striking unions cannot damage the company’s property or products is not a “blow” to unions. It is common sense. Leaving dozens of concrete trucks full of wet concrete when you go on strike is effectively vandalism.
Surprised that this is 8-1.
Now a Parents group should sue the Teachers unions. It is illegal for them to strike, but they collude and do it every year. They rotate the Districts, plus they negotiate with the people they purchase by campaign funds and activism.
“It’s not that much of a blow to unions. Preventing strikes would be a blow to unions. But saying striking unions cannot damage the company’s property or products is not a “blow” to unions. It is common sense. Leaving dozens of concrete trucks full of wet concrete when you go on strike is effectively vandalism.”
But the lower courts had ruled otherwise. The issue was whether federal union laws took precedent over state tort laws in regards the damage caused by the striking workers. Lower courts said federal union laws, but SCOTUS said “not true”.
Holy Moly!!
Does this really mean union strikers can no longer destroy companies’ property? With impunity?
I bet if Jimmy Hoffa was still alive, he would be spinning in his grave.
“Leaving dozens of concrete trucks full of wet concrete when you go on strike is effectively vandalism.”
I have seen worse.
Has ANYONE calculated what size ELECTRIC TRUCKS would be needed to deliver & pour WET CEMENT???
When you can’t even win over the Wise Latina ™ on your side, your case is doomed.
That explains the huge whirlpool spotted in Lake Michigan.
Excellent!!
Hold the Union and all Union Assets responsible for monetary damages.
Then allow individual union members to recover THEIR losses from all the Union Bosses, Business Managers and Executives all the way up through the International.
Let them FEEL the wonderful effects of Communism up close and personal.
The same size as already delivers and pours wet cement. Powerful electric motors are compact these days, most of the size issues are batteries, which a cement truck has plenty of space to mount.
Jackson makes the Wise Latina seem wise. That a very low bar though considering Jackson is so low-IQ she doesn’t know what’s between her legs.
One thing I noticed about how PacBell manages union strikes: their is a significant payroll savings for the company during the strike. The strike is always prolonged such that the payroll savings offsets any "concessions" made to the union contract negotiators. The fat cat union bosses never feel the pain. The union members suck up a loss that is never offset by strike "benefits" from the union.
In the years preceding employment with my current employer, my personal property was vandalized by IBEW union thugs to get a $60 "initiation fee". The SawzAll they used to extract my new AM/FM/8-track from the dashboard of my car caused $1200 damage. My insurance company would have totaled the car. Later at PacBell, the shop steward for CWA was sitting on fixing the 212A modem options on my dialup at work. I walked into the machine room and fixed it myself after waiting a month. 10 seconds. Just 30 minutes later, my HOME PHONE main line was disconnected at the central office. I called my wife on the unlisted ISDN phone. I knew exactly who ordered the service cut. When I called in a trouble report, the union scum "fixed it" by reconnecting with tip/line reversed so the power to my TouchTone dial pads wasn't working. I called again and offered to press criminal charges. The tip/line was fixed. What the dumb shit shop steward forgot is that the central office serving my home was one of MY central offices as a central office equipment engineer.
Suffice to say, my relationships with unions has been nothing but bad. When they lose in court for damage inflicted on a company where they work, I'm pleased to see justice done.
Easy fix. Remove dried cement with explosives.
The true corruption is Government employee unions
its the worst and must corrupt type of monopoly that exists
But but but the unions supported these decision makers!! What are we to take away from this!!??
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