Laffy

Elie Mystal:

Huge #SupremeCourt case today. Glacier v Teamsters.

Cement truck drivers went out on strike. Some cement in their trucks hardened (as cement is known to do). After the strike, co. *sued workers* for destruction of property. Issue is whether they can.

If co wins, will vitiate ability of workers to strike (which has been happening quite a bit, don't you know).

Now is where I remind you Roberts Court has been most pro-business court in US history that lives to smash #labor rights

Jan 10, 2023 at 2:49pmWeb
Show threadLaffyJan 10, 2023

2/ 🧵 More from Elie:

I haven't heard Alito's high pitched antebellum squeal he claims to be his real voice yet.

It worries me that he hasn't felt the need to say "without cement companies we'd have no way to drown witches as the founders intended."

I fear he's quiet because he knows he's won.

Show threadLaffyJan 10, 2023

3/ More from Elie:

This is all going even worse than I figured, and I figured it would go pretty badly.

Essentially KBJ, Sotomayor abandoned best arguments for unions, are now focused on limiting scope of the eventual corp victory.

Well, that sucked.

Every labor case start w this Court 6-3 against labor.

This case might be 8-1 or 9-0 w liberals siding w the jackboots to limit the scope of this ruling. Getting very Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (anti gay adoption case that was 9-0) vibes.

Show threadEarthOneJan 10, 2023
@GottaLaff I can only see one solution to the extreme corruption ruling the Supreme Corporations of the US: burn it down. Figuratively, of course. It's no longer a viable unbiased court. It's now just making law to benefit their rich lords and to force extreme Catholic theocracy on the US, all against the actual Constitution...and they know it.
Show threadLaffyJan 10, 2023
@EarthOne It's losing legitimacy daily
Show threadCorneliaJan 10, 2023
@GottaLaff Husband knew him in college. Said he was a wierdo back then too.
Show threadSbonetJan 10, 2023
@GottaLaff the opposite could be argued... the companies did know cement hardens so it was negligent of them to push their drivers to strike knowing there are hardening time constraints on their product. The company should have acted proactively to prevent a strike.
Show threadAgoraJan 10, 2023
@GottaLaff we all know how this will go.
Show threadLaffyJan 10, 2023
@Agora Totally predictable. See my thread from Elie Mystal.
Show threadAgoraJan 10, 2023
@GottaLaff I will. Thanks.
Show threadVoronJan 10, 2023
@GottaLaff those who want higher #wages better #healthcare #workersrights support #unions might want to follow this 😊