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Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/workreform

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Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hmm. I couldn't read the full article because of a paywall, but from what I understand, the constitutionality of the NLRB was upheld by the Supreme Court in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. 301 U.S. 1 (1937). I'm not sure there is any foundation to contemporary claims that the NLRB is unconstitutional.

[–] WhereGrapesMayRule 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As with overturning Roe v. Wade, the legal foundation will be "our conservative cult says so".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"ThE NLRb isn'T in the cONSTITutIoN!!1!" - The Supreme Court, probably

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

They'll have to find some different basis for suing, just like the Dobbs case. The Supreme Court today is most certainly less friendly toward the idea of the NLRB than the Supreme Court of 1937.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have only seen one explanation that Space X has made. Since it denies them a trial by jury then it is unconstitutional. That seems to be the crux of their complaint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, it's "corporations are people" again. Bleh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I suspect that’ll be the answer. Fine give them a jury. I don’t they’ll fair well