July 13, 2022
The Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that it won't review its decision over an arbitration spat between the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and a union seeking to represent the tribe's casino workers, denying the tribe's bid asking the court to reconsider its ruling sending the dispute to an arbitrator.
June 06, 2022
The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation has urged the Ninth Circuit to rethink its ruling that an arbitrator must handle a dispute with a union seeking to represent the tribe's casino workers, saying it's up to federal courts to determine whether unions must follow the National Labor Relations Act in efforts to unionize tribal employees.
May 20, 2022
The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision ordering the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation to arbitrate a dispute with a union seeking to represent its casino employees, finding that the tribe agreed in its gambling compact with the state of California to arbitrate any dispute it has with the union.
June 18, 2021
California has urged the Ninth Circuit to reject the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation's claim that the tribe isn't bound by labor relations provisions in its gambling contract with the state, saying the tribe is trying to avoid its duty to hash things out with the state before going to court.
June 10, 2021
Unite Here Local 30, a San Diego County hospitality workers union, told the Ninth Circuit that the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation created arbitration sovereign immunity arguments "out of thin air," urging the court to send their contract dispute to arbitration.
April 12, 2021
A California tribe urged the Ninth Circuit not to make it arbitrate a dispute with a union seeking to represent workers at its casino, saying state policy making tribes ease union organizing in order to operate casinos may be moot after the court said federal labor law applies to tribal employers.