In protecting the rights of unions as a counterbalance to the power of management, the U.S. Supreme Court has long overlooked considerable wear and tear on individual workers' rights in the face of the power of unions. Last week the court, in two sharply written 6-2 opinions, gave individuals a new leverage against union power by upholding 1) the right of a nonunion member to go to court for punitive damages when he is kept from work by a picket line, and 2) the right of a union member to sue when his own union prevents him from getting...
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