Union Perspectives

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone vote against Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters. Though the Court left in place—for now—the right to strike. However, Justice Amy Coney Garrett made it easier to sue unions/employees for striking if “certain instance of property damages occur.” At what point does a company use lost profits or reputation as property damages? Corporations have shown they will stop at nothing to destroy unions and workers’ rights. They have shown they will stop at nothing to be the wealthiest. The fact that workers can still strike is good news for the hundreds of journalists in eight states who are striking against Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S.—Arizona Republic, the Austin American-Statesman, the Bergen Record, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and the Palm Beach Post. Workers claim the cost-cutting measurers by the company, which were the elimination of journalist jobs, and closing of newsrooms, which the union members are sa...