Supreme Court Won’t Undo Nullification of Pro-Labor Law in Puerto Rico

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s now-halted Act 41 expanded employee rights and benefits, which a federal oversight board said was fiscally irresponsible.

U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on March 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court refused this week to review an appeals court ruling that upheld the power of Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board to nullify the territory’s pro-labor law in 2022.

The ruling leaves in place a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to affirm the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico’s decision to void Act 41, which granted concessions to the labor movement.