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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Richard Luscombe and agency

US supreme court ruling makes it easier for companies to sue striking workers

The US supreme court ruled in favor of Glacier Northwest Inc against a local affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The US supreme court ruled in favor of Glacier Northwest Inc against a local affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

The US supreme court on Thursday made it easier for employers to pursue lawsuits against striking workers, in a decision seen as a setback to labor unions.

The opinion, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and backed by not just conservative colleagues but all except one on the nine-member bench, sided with a concrete business in Washington state that sued the union representing its truck drivers after a work stoppage.

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