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TROUBLED TEAMSTERS: SUPREME COURT MAY DEAL A BLOW TO STRIKING UNIONS
* Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
* Jan 10, 2023
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to rule in favor of a
Washington-based concrete company seeking to revive a lawsuit filed against the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, claiming that a strike damaged its
cement product.
The justices were tasked to answer whether the company, Glacier Northwest, can
sue the members of Teamsters Local 174 for damages in state court over an August
2017 strike when drivers walked away from their jobs and left wet cement to
harden in their trucks. Glacier maintains it lost $100,000 on the day of the
strike as a result of failing to finish a contract and claims further damages.
Between questions from attorneys defending the company and the union's counsel,
the justices were entangled in the distinction between financial loss caused by
a strike, which is typically considered not the laborers' responsibility, and
intentional destruction of property, which wouldn't be protected.
SUPREME COURT MAY DRASTICALLY CHANGE WAY LABOR UNIONS MAY STRIKE
A cement mixer truck is reflected on a window of window advertising retail space
for rent at a residential and commercial building under construction at the
Essex Crossing development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Thursday, Aug.
4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Chief Justice John Roberts referenced milk production as a hypothetical example
of the harm caused by a strike, saying there's a "difference between the milk
spoiling and killing the cow."
Democratic-appointed Justice Elena Kagan said that a broad ruling in favor of
companies could undermine a union's strategic decisions on when to strike, which
often are made to pressure employers by threatening the risk of economic harm.
"When we start focusing on intent ... it pulls in pretty much every strategic
decision that a union makes as to when to conduct a work stoppage," she said.
Based on the line of questioning from the justices, it appears likely the
majority of the court will say the Washington Supreme Court erred when it
dismissed the lawsuit. Justices could also choose a narrower ruling that would
favor the Biden administration's input in the case, which is supporting "neither
party" and urging the high court to overturn a lower court ruling to allow
Glacier's lawsuit to proceed.
A middle-ground outcome may mean that even if the lawsuit is revived, it could
be placed on hold until the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees labor
disputes, finishes its own investigation into whether the strike and alleged
damage were actions protected by federal labor law.
In 2021, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled Glacier's claims were
preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, thus prompting the company to ask
the highest court to rule that federal preemption does not prevent claims made
under state law involving intentional destruction of an employer's property.
Attorneys for the union said the strike could be considered arguably protected
under federal labor law and that the resulting loss of concrete did not meet the
stringent constraints to override federal preemption.
The Supreme Court's two other liberals, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji
Brown Jackson, asked questions to test whether the ruined concrete would be a
result of deliberate destruction or simply a consequence of striking.
At one point, Sotomayor told Justice Department Assistant to the Solicitor
General Vivek Suri: "Tell me how to write this decision."
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"I suggest copying our brief, your honor," the lawyer answered in a joking way,
prompting an uproar of laughs from the attendees on Tuesday. Suri then suggested
an opening paragraph for the court's final ruling on the matter.
"The NLRA protects the right to strike, but workers have a corresponding
responsibility to take reasonable precautions to protect employers' property. In
this case, taking the allegations true, such precautions were not taken.
Therefore the conduct was not even arguably protected, and the Washington
Supreme Court's decision is reversed," Suri said.
Original Location: Troubled Teamsters: Supreme Court may deal a blow to striking
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