A state court jury could decide as early as Tuesday whether an aggressive organizing campaign by the Service Employees International Union went too far when it accused a Houston cleaning company of systematic labor law violations, a verdict that could affect the tactics unions employ to sign up members and negotiate contracts.

The case, involving Professional Janitorial Service and the SEIU's efforts to organize the company's workers, pits what the union says are its constitutional rights to free speech against the company's claim that the union's unfounded charges that it broke the law drove clients away and cost it millions of dollars. The four-week trial, which ended Thursday with closing arguments, put the union's hardball tactics under a microscope and forced the SEIU for the first time to defend those methods in front of a jury.

More at source: Houston Chronicle

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