SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR CASE THREATENING WORKERS’ RIGHT TO STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 5, 2023) — On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Glacier Northwest Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters — a case that threatens workers’ right to strike by opening them up to lawsuits by employers facing economic losses as a result of their workers striking.

Take Back the Court released the following statement on behalf of its executive director, Sarah Lipton-Lubet, in anticipation of the case:

“If the Court’s right-wing supermajority rules in favor of Glacier Northwest, it could rob workers of their right to strike — a tool at the heart of the labor rights movement. This case is another bad faith effort by the Court’s right-wing justices to strip working people of their rights in order to help out their rich and powerful friends. Adding four new justices to the bench is how we build a Court that actually works for, not against, the vast majority of the American people.”

Check out Take Back the Court’s report, “Working Overtime: The Supreme Court’s Assault on the Labor Movement,” for more background on the right-wing justices’ long histories favoring corporations over workers, a timeline of anti-labor cases the Court has taken up in the last decade, and more.

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/