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US Supreme Court deals blow to organised labour in new ruling

The US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a cement-mixing company that argued a 2017 strike resulted in financial losses [File: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

A ruling by the United States Supreme Court has lowered the threshold for companies to sue labour unions over property damage that occurs during strikes, continuing a trend of rulings unfavourable to organised labour.

In Thursday’s 8-1 ruling, the nation’s highest court reversed a lower court ruling that had blocked a lawsuit brought by a concrete seller in Washington state, Glacier Northwest, against the local affiliate of a labour union.

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