Labor Unions Should Be Held Liable for Property Destruction During Strikes, Supreme Court Told

Labor Unions Should Be Held Liable for Property Destruction During Strikes, Supreme Court Told
Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Nov. 30, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
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The allegedly deliberate destruction of company property by a union as a pressure tactic in a labor dispute isn’t protected by federal labor law, a concrete company told the Supreme Court on Jan. 10.

Labor activists say that endangering and destroying company property during a labor dispute is fair game that has long been protected by the law, although companies such as the petitioner in this case, Glacier Northwest, a Seattle-based ready-mix concrete company, are pushing back.