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The case is being closely watched by labor unions fearful that the conservative majority could undercut the appeal for workers to strike and sap authority from the National Labor Relations Board.
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Last month's recall of a Republican supervisor in Shasta County had the backing of a "quixotic Connecticut-bred cowboy with a grudge and bottomless pockets."