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May 31, 2024
This week, a New York federal judge will hear arguments over the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' attempt to force a film production company to make wage and benefits payments the union claims it has not made as required under an arbitration award.
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May 31, 2024
An updated version of a City of Manchester ordinance requires four police officers to pay the city back for the sick leave benefits they received while their compensation claims for on-the-job injuries were pending, a split New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled.
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May 31, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board official has upheld a Portland, Oregon, doughnut shop chain's challenges to two votes that swung a representation election in a union's favor, saying the workers were not on payroll at the time they cast their ballots.
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May 31, 2024
The D.C. Circuit determined that the National Labor Relations Board lacked enough evidence to find a cannabis company illegally fired a pro-union employee, with one judge questioning the board's jurisdiction over a "criminal enterprise."
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May 31, 2024
A company that took over providing certain public transit services in the Dallas area unlawfully refused to work with a union that represented the majority of its drivers, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, deeming the company a successor to the workers' previous employer.
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May 31, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the California Supreme Court regarding whether all public entities are exempt from certain state labor law wage requirements. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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May 31, 2024
A Tennessee federal judge cut the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers loose from a fired employee's suit claiming her union stood by while her supervisor sexually harassed her, rejecting arguments from the Memphis utility she worked for that it was unfair to let the IBEW out of the case.
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May 30, 2024
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed Home Depot's challenge of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding the retailer illegally told a worker to remove a Black Lives Matter slogan on their apron, telling the Eighth Circuit that the board hadn't shown a connection between individual and group actions.
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May 30, 2024
A group of nearly 50 lawmakers asked the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel to quickly investigate unfair labor practice allegations against Google and its contractor Cognizant, saying the outcome of these cases could "set important precedent" for workers and companies.
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May 30, 2024
The operators of six Connecticut nursing homes bargained in bad faith with a Service Employees International Union local and refused to rehire workers who went on strike to protest their unlawful implementation of a contract, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled in a case that stretches back more than 12 years.
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May 30, 2024
The Teamsters have asked a Minnesota federal judge to preserve their allegations that Sun Country Airlines retaliated against workers for participating in a union drive, saying the judge should toss the company's bid to dismiss the suit.
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May 30, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board has asked the Fifth Circuit to preserve a board holding that Exxon Mobil refused to bargain with a union, defending its decision to nix the oil giant's initial victory in the case after discovering that a board member had invested in a fund containing Exxon stock.
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May 30, 2024
Ford Motor Co. and a union retirement plan have agreed to settle an employee's proposed class action claiming the company improperly calculated retirement benefits owed to workers who were injured on the job, according to a filing Thursday in Michigan federal court.
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May 30, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board judge was right to find that a school choice nonprofit illegally terminated a worker for saying she thought her supervisor was racist, agency prosecutors argued, saying the worker's remark was linked to protected concerted activity.
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May 30, 2024
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security employee told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that she has settled her suit against an International Guards Union of America local out of court, resolving allegations that the union improperly refused to give her information about how it calculated agency fees.
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May 29, 2024
President Joe Biden's renomination of Lauren McFerran to serve as the NLRB's chair and nomination of a Republican to fill an open seat could lead to the first full board since December 2022, but experts expect a fight in the Senate as the agency faces increased scrutiny and the election looms.
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May 29, 2024
International Longshore and Warehouse Union affiliates asked an Alaska federal judge to nix a barge company's request for an injunction to halt the union from arbitrating over a work preservation dispute, saying federal labor law doesn't allow the company to request this injunctive relief.
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May 29, 2024
A New York federal judge preserved a win for an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local Wednesday in a dispute with a power plant operator over who qualifies for a supplemental retirement benefit at the company, deeming the arbitrator's award reasonable.
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May 29, 2024
Former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement but escaped a third conviction when the jury deadlocked at his extortion trial, asked Wednesday that the prospective new trial date on the extortion charges be pushed back due to his attorney's scheduling conflict.
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May 29, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board has gone to federal court to enforce its subpoenas seeking a list of casino workers in a proposed bargaining unit, saying the refusals of a California tribe and a gaming company to provide the information are impeding an agency investigation.
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May 28, 2024
A construction company urged a Washington federal judge Tuesday to hand the business a win over its suit claiming a Teamsters affiliate violated project labor agreements, arguing the union encouraged drivers not to cross the picket lines during a strike.
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May 28, 2024
The D.C. Circuit has revived claims that a mail carriers union violated the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act by refusing to publish an officer candidate's campaign ads in its magazine, ruling Tuesday that a Washington, D.C., federal judge prematurely dismissed the suit.
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May 28, 2024
United Food and Commercial Workers members can't go to court to challenge the union's system of choosing convention delegates, the union and its top leaders argued to a D.C. federal judge, saying precedent doesn't mandate a proportional method for representation.
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May 28, 2024
A Washington state law aimed at preventing companies from holding mandatory anti-union meetings will take effect in June, and although the statute ostensibly targets labor matters, experts say the law should be on discrimination attorneys' radar due to its prohibitions on employers promoting political and religious views in the workplace.
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May 28, 2024
A divided National Labor Relations Board panel supported the dismissal of a worker's decertification petition at a radio station in upstate New York, with the board's lone Republican member calling for a hearing over a potential connection between the ouster bid and alleged unfair labor practices.