The ruling means Glacier Northwest Inc. can sue over its claim that wet concrete loaded onto trucks was rendered useless after workers walked off the job.
The strike in question was the most costly to capital in the region in recent memory. It shut down LOTS of job sites for weeks because concrete was unavailable.
I’m not a labor strategist, but this incident does illustrate how workers in certain critical sectors have the power to amplify the effects of their strikes by preventing downstream work.
The strike in question was the most costly to capital in the region in recent memory. It shut down LOTS of job sites for weeks because concrete was unavailable.
So we need more wet-concrete strikes
Did you know that adding cane sugar to a concrete mix will completely ruin the concrete's structural properties?
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I’m not a labor strategist, but this incident does illustrate how workers in certain critical sectors have the power to amplify the effects of their strikes by preventing downstream work.