Appellate Law

CA1: unions v. erectors

By S. COTUS

American Steel v. Local Union No. 7, No. 07-1832.  Okay... labor law.   Some steel ?erectors? complain that the big bad unions are conspiring to shut-non-union companies out of the erection market.  The unions, it seem, subsidize the higher cost of union labor, making it possible for union contractors to bid competitively.  The unions argue that their activities are protected by the statutory exception to the antitrust laws that lets unions be unions.  But the First says that what is really happening is that a labor group is conspiring with a non-labor group.  The First says that this can't be resolved on summary judgment because there seems to be some conspiracy to actually shut some companies out of the Boston erection market.

There probably is a lot of labor law nerdery in here, but I gotta go watch the Czech Squat-thrusters practice. 

Full post as published by Appellate Law and Practice on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).