Vox Sentences - SCOTUS could make it tougher to strike

SCOTUS weighs the right to strike; Peru protests intensify.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin.

SCOTUS is coming for your right to strike

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• The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested during oral arguments it may side with a concrete manufacturer in a case that could restrict workers’ ability to strike. [NBC News / Lawrence Hurley]
• In 2017, workers from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union walked off the job over contract demands, leaving wet cement to dry in mixing trucks. [Vox / Ian Millhiser]
• The company that owned the cement and trucks sued the union for compensation, alleging that the strike destroyed its property. A Washington state court dismissed the lawsuit. [Politico / Nick Niedzwiadek]
• Now the Supreme Court must determine if property damaged during strikes is protected under federal law. If it is, that could place greater restrictions on walkouts. [Reuters / Jon Kruzel]
• The majority of Americans now support unions, but recent Supreme Court decisions have made it more difficult for workers to strike. [New Republic / Matt Ford]

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Violent Peru protests continue

• At least 17 people died Monday in Peru amid clashes between security forces and protesters calling for elections and the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo. [Reuters / Hugo Courotto and Marco Aquino]
• Protesters battled police with homemade weapons near an airport close to Peru’s southern border with Bolivia. [Guardian / Dan Collyns]
• Anti-government demonstrations have rocked Peru since authorities arrested leftist Castillo in December for attempting to dissolve Congress; Castillo was replaced by his vice president. [New York Times / Mitra Taj and Julie Turkewitz]
• President Dina Boluarte’s offer to move elections to 2024, two years earlier than originally scheduled, hasn’t stopped the protests. [Associated Press]

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The Biden administration returned classified Obama-era documents found at an office used by President Joe Biden before his 2020 election. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

• Officials ordered thousands of Californians to evacuate Tuesday due to flooding and mudslide risk from powerful winter storms. [BBC]
• Tuesday, a judge sentenced Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to five months in prison for his involvement in tax fraud. [CNN / Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle]
• Rep. Katie Porter on Tuesday launched a bid for California Sen. Diane Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024. [Vox / Christian Paz]

“Placing economic pressure on an employer to extract pro-worker concessions from that employer is the entire point of a strike.”

[Ian Millhiser on workers’ ability to strike / Vox]

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