July 09, 2024
An arbitration award that required a California tribe to comply with a union authorization card check process at a casino should be nixed, the tribe has told a federal judge, arguing a tribal ordinance mapping out a procedure for a secret ballot election must be followed instead.
January 19, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential preliminary sign-off on a $3.2 million settlement in a proposed wage and hour class action against restaurant chain Red Robin. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
December 19, 2023
A California tribe is seeking to dismiss allegations it refused to select an arbitrator to count signed cards that would allow casino employees to unionize, arguing the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the issue and the claims are unripe, as talks between the parties have already started.
November 30, 2023
A Native American tribe is delaying its casino employees' unionization process by refusing to select an arbitrator to count signed union cards, which it must do under a 2017 agreement outlining the organizing process, UNITE HERE claimed in a suit filed in California federal court.