Supreme Court Ruling Against Union Makes Strikes Riskier

The Supreme Court ruled against a union representing truck drivers who went on strike, making it easier for companies to sue over strikes that cause property damage.
The ruling united liberal and conservative justices and was a loss for organized labor, which has faced several defeats at the Supreme Court in recent years.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority that the union failed to take reasonable steps to prevent damage to the company's wet concrete.
In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued the decision would undermine the right to strike and complicate the development of labor law.
Legal experts said the ruling would likely discourage some strikes and prompt unions to take precautions to avoid lawsuits, but that the overall impact remained unclear.