The Utah Supreme Court has rejected as moot a Utah Transit Authority lawsuit that sought to block its supervisors from ever unionizing.
That comes after 44 TRAX supervisors voted 25-19 two years ago to reject joining the Teamsters Union — after UTA spent $74,000 (nearly $1,700 per supervisor) on a “union busting” consultant to help dissuade them.
Even after that win, UTA continued to push a lawsuit seeking a ruling that its supervisors are not allowed to unionize under the Utah Public Transit District Act. When a district court ruled that was moot because of the earlier vote against joining the union, UTA appealed directly to the Supreme Court.