Commentary: Employers can now sue unions over strikes. Here’s how that will intimidate workers
The Supreme Court dealt a serious blow on Thursday to a core protection of workers, the right to strike. The court held that unions can be sued for the “foreseeable” damages their strikes cause employers — a sweeping threat to the federally protected right, because virtually all strikes (and employer lockouts) pose a “foreseeable” danger of harm. That’s why they are an effective and essential tool for labor.
The strike by graduate students at the University of California in 2022 meant that some students did not get their grades on
