American Ship Building Company v. National Labor Relations Board

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Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run

There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun

Unless the highest court in all the land decides that you are done

Then your union job is gone.

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0:00.0	The American Shipbuilding Company petitioner versus National Labor Relations Board.
0:10.8	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects. On this episode of Five to Four,
0:16.8	the hosts are talking about American Shipbuilding Company, the National Labor Relations Board.
0:22.2	At issue in this 1965 case was whether management's decision to temporarily shut down operations
0:28.4	and lay off employees in order to pressure the Union, infringed on the Union's federally
0:33.1	protected right to strike. The Union argued that the maneuver was illegal under the National
0:38.1	Labor Relations Act. Well I think one of the basic purposes of the act was to equalize the
0:44.8	bargaining power of employees and employers and one of the basic ways in which Congress sought to do
0:52.4	that was to safeguard the right to strike. Now what I'd like to show is the very serious
1:00.4	consequences that a bargaining lockout has on the right of employees to strike.
1:08.0	The court responded with a decision that marked the beginning of a steady erosion of union protections
1:12.8	in the US. This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:23.0	Welcome to Five to Four where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that are destroying
1:28.0	our rights like a middle-aged man in Oakley's destroying a pride display at Target.
1:33.7	Peter, I'm here with Riannon. Hey, you know the accessories they got to be tactical
1:38.7	because I'm rolling up in the target and I'm taking down some baby's t-shirts.
1:43.3	That's right, gotta stay frosty. Watch your six. Tactical entry into Target before I knock over
1:52.4	a rainbow-colored piece of cardboard. Yeah, and yell at a 17-year-old employee. You have to have
1:58.5	the right year. Absolutely. Michael, not with us today, he's at a wedding in Alaska. Yeah,
2:06.0	galavanting. Absolutely bullshit. Galavanting around the country. Oh, I'm gonna go whale-watching
2:11.9	and go to a wedding. Unacceptable. We don't like it. We don't like it. We don't support it. He will not
2:17.0	be paid for it. Yeah, we should have brought in a scab. Speaking of getting paid.
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