Judge Limits Some Activities As Concrete Companies Claim Violence In Teamsters Strike
"I'm afraid someone's going to get hurt,' stated a King County judge.
QUICK FACTS:
A months-long strike by 330 Seattle-area concrete drivers employed by six companies has idled much of the construction industry throughout King County, causing the layoffs of thousands.
Some customers have leased their own trucks and hired their own drivers, causing tension on the picket lines
Last week, company attorneys went to court alleging incidents of trapping vehicles on railroad tracks, causing an accident, seven hour delays, as well as racial slurs and an assault with a baseball bat.
Stating he was “afraid someone’s going to get hurt,” the presiding judge “landed in the middle”—not completely barring picketers, but setting some time limits to blocking trucks
DETAILS:
KING COUNTY, WA—A King County Superior Court Judge will impose some restrictions on picketers in the months-long Teamsters strike against concrete companies, after attorneys for the six companies alleged picketers are putting people in danger.