Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Mott's strike approaches 3 months

Mott's workers represented by the RWDSU remain on strike as the harvest season approaches. The company wants concessions, the union is resisting claiming the company made record profits. The apple pickers are crossing the picket line, and thats not the only bad news for the union. Texas Federal Judge Jorge A. Solis (Bush 43 appointee) has enjoined the union and it supporters from placing union supporting stickers on Mott's products in supermarkets because it violates the federal anti-tampering laws. This is a really creative attack on union economic pressure, and a teachable moment for my labor law class.