Supreme Court Says Employer Can Sue Union for Losses Caused by Work Action

Justices say labor law doesn’t protect union from claims that workers endangered company property

The Supreme Court said that federal law protects the right to strike, but ‘that this right is not absolute.’ Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a building-materials company could sue a union it claims tried to spoil its concrete and damage its trucks during a strike, without waiting for the National Labor Relations Board to resolve allegations between labor and management.  

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