The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to rule in favor of a Washington-based concrete company seeking to revive a lawsuit filed against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, claiming that a strike damaged its cement product.
The justices were tasked to answer whether the company, Glacier Northwest, can sue the members of Teamsters Local 174 for damages in state court over an August 2017 strike when drivers walked away from their jobs and left wet cement to harden in their trucks. Glacier maintains it lost $100,000 on the day of the strike as a result of failing to finish a contract and claims further damages.
"When we start focusing on intent ... it pulls in pretty much every strategic decision that a union makes as to when to conduct a work stoppage," she said. In 2021, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled Glacier's claims were preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, thus prompting the company to ask the highest court to rule that federal preemption does not prevent claims made under state law involving intentional destruction of an employer's property.
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