by Head Steward
Grad workers won a massive victory in court on Monday, with Judge Carol Kuhnke denying the boss' request for an injunction. UM’s attorneys - some of the same that blocked the investigation into the Flint, MI water crisis - asked the judge for an injunction. In doing so, they joined the long and repressive history of labor injunctions and unjust judicial intimidation that reaches back to the 19th century. By proving that forcing workers back on the job through an injunction is an unwarranted abuse of the legal system, our victory is a victory for all working people in Michigan, who now know they can strike without fear of being enjoined.