Glacier v. Teamsters was not a crisis averted but another step in the right’s plan to stifle labor power.
With Glacier, eight justices sabotaged the most powerful weapon unions have: the strike.
The ruling means Glacier Northwest Inc. can sue over its claim that wet concrete loaded onto trucks was rendered useless after workers walked off the job.
Nothing in the NLRA, however, requires a union to agree to a no-strike clause. Moreover, because a no-strike clause is a mandatory subject of bargaining, the union may strike to keep it out of the contract.
A case argued this week could give worker-phobic Republican justices a chance to force workers to stay on the job.
Even without a union, you have the legal right to organize strikes, job actions, and various protests—and your employer is banned from retaliating against you.
It’s never good when people who spend their entire professional lives studying the subject say you fucked up.
A Canadian Tradition Taken to New Extremes
Railroad workers bargaining for better pay and working conditions are at an impasse with their employers, causing the federal government to intervene to ward off a disruptive strike. But railworkers should be allowed to strike if and when they want to.
"Where human rights are the compass, we will be better placed to overcome this pandemic and build resilience for the future”. This includes the right to freedom of association, and to strike, without fear of retaliation.
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