{"id":2888,"date":"2018-07-24T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/24\/kavanaugh-is-a-threat-to-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:18:52","slug":"kavanaugh-is-a-threat-to-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/kavanaugh-is-a-threat-to-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kavanaugh Is A Threat To Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Trump&#39;s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, is a threat to Americans&rsquo; health care and women&rsquo;s rights. Kavanaugh is also a threat to workers across the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Kavanaugh has <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/kavanaughs-unorthodox-path-to-trumps-supreme-court-shortlist\/2018\/07\/06\/dbf3c9de-8077-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html?utm_term%3D.1752b3e7ce27&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-gn_NJ8aOzfqv_Zr74kFDe7Zu-g\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/kavanaughs-unorthodox-path-to-trumps-supreme-court-shortlist\/2018\/07\/06\/dbf3c9de-8077-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html?utm_term=.1752b3e7ce27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">consistently<\/a> ruled in favor of businesses and against their workers:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Kavanaugh ruled <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/07\/10\/trump-scotus-pick-kavanaugh-pro-business-tilt-stokes-unions-concerns.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGHxGhZ5P0bbkJxg4TH7uNW5KEaEg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/07\/10\/trump-scotus-pick-kavanaugh-pro-business-tilt-stokes-unions-concerns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">against<\/a> casino workers, allowing police to issue criminal citations against union protestors whom the casino said were trespassing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Kavanaugh ruled <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/defense\/2007\/05\/appeals-court-allows-pentagon-to-limit-collective-bargaining\/24471\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfD1oP0aWxpC9k_3yLub-tnrr5gQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/defense\/2007\/05\/appeals-court-allows-pentagon-to-limit-collective-bargaining\/24471\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">against<\/a> workers in a case granting the Defense Department the authority to temporarily curtail the collective bargaining rights of its civilian employees.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Kavanaugh was the only judge to rule in favor of a company that <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/brett-kavanaugh-ruled-against-workers_us_5b454316e4b048036ea39006&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuMjkcWOSPGqdlum3zlX8NyKiKyA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/brett-kavanaugh-ruled-against-workers_us_5b454316e4b048036ea39006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refused<\/a> to bargain with its union and argued that most of its employees weren&rsquo;t covered by collective bargaining law because they were undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Kavanaugh ruled that employers can <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-shift\/2018\/07\/10\/kavanaugh-on-immigration-labor-274808&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDxFamsFnYYqVjsprAbwV75HTtDQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-shift\/2018\/07\/10\/kavanaugh-on-immigration-labor-274808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">require<\/a> workers to waive their right to picket and <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-shift\/2018\/07\/11\/judge-presses-for-reunifications-275559&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0ibVUdYcXoffQv1Jt_qR7sVfj5A\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-shift\/2018\/07\/11\/judge-presses-for-reunifications-275559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">order<\/a> employees to stop displaying pro-union signs or wearing union shirts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-2599314218896070328gmail-docs-internal-guid-2e67d4c7-ccda-1255-a4d2-f08e5d24fc36\">Kavanaugh issued the lone <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/nation\/article\/Ruling-over-killer-whale-attack-reflects-13080282.php&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532541187583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMIJiOtlwvK75zqUb9j-N0GoOmeg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/nation\/article\/Ruling-over-killer-whale-attack-reflects-13080282.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissent<\/a> in a ruling finding that SeaWorld had violated workplace safety standards in a case where a trainer had been killed by a killer whale.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#39;s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, is a threat to Americans&rsquo; health care and women&rsquo;s rights. Kavanaugh is also a threat to workers across the country. &nbsp; Kavanaugh has consistently ruled in favor of businesses and against their workers: &nbsp; Kavanaugh ruled against casino workers, allowing police to issue criminal citations against union protestors whom <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kavanaugh Is A Threat To Workers - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/kavanaugh-is-a-threat-to-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-24T15:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:18:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/kavanaugh-is-a-threat-to-workers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/kavanaugh-is-a-threat-to-workers\/\",\"name\":\"Kavanaugh Is A Threat To Workers - 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