Supreme Court justices will be putting Big Labor under a microscope during their current term. The
justices will hear cases dealing with issues ranging from President Obama's abuse of his recess-appointment power to
pack the National Labor Relations Board
with pro-union activists, to Big Labor's attempts to pressure businesses and
local governments into forcing their employees to join favored unions.
It’s good news
that Chief Justice John Roberts and his eight black-robed colleagues are doing
this. If anything, the justices should have been bolder because union bosses
are exempt from a surprising number of laws that apply to everyone else…… Ordinarily,
that would be trespassing, because the picket line was on Ralphs' property.
That is not the case in California, though, where the anti-trespassing law has
a specific carve-out for unions. This covers not just business locations but
private residences, too. Nevada has a similar exemption. In Pennsylvania and
Illinois, unions are exempt from state anti-stalking laws. People who follow
you home and lurk in front of your door are legally protected if they can claim
they are engaged in union activity.….To Read More….
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