CWA Says West Virginia OTMR Law Harms Workers, Public
West Virginia’s one-touch, make-ready law endangers union workers and the public, Communications Workers of America said Monday in the Frontier Communications lawsuit against Gov. Jim Justice (R) at U.S. District Court in Charleston. The law was enacted “to permit third-party…
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entities to undertake the work of CWA members,” CWA said in a response (in Pacer) to Justice’s motion (in Pacer) to dismiss the union’s intervenor complaint. “This law … is an actual, threatened and impending injury to these West Virginia workers. The injury is to their livelihood and the integrity of the bargaining unit. This injury is more than possible -- it is the intent of the law.” CWA agreed with Frontier’s argument that Justice can’t claim sovereign immunity (see 1709150061).