While some have lambasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling about a Washington state concrete truck driver labor dispute, legal experts told Construction Dive that the impact of that ruling would be limited.
In an 8-1 decision announced June 1, the Supreme Court sided with Glacier Northwest, declaring the Seattle-based concrete provider did have a case in state court against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 174.
The lawsuit revolves around a work stoppage in 2017 in which at least 16 concrete drivers returned to Glacier facilities with fully loaded concrete trucks after the union called for a strike. The company took emergency measures to protect the vehicles, but the concrete mix was ruined, according to Glacier.
