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June 26, 2024
Lieutenants and captains employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's contracted security firm cannot vote on union representation, a National Labor Relations Board official held Wednesday, saying the workers are union-ineligible supervisors.
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June 26, 2024
Brian Burrows, formerly the president of Philadelphia's International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, has been sentenced to four years of prison and three years of probation for his role in an embezzlement scheme alongside fellow union exec John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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June 26, 2024
An International Union of Operating Engineers local asked a Texas federal judge to reconsider his decision nixing an arbitration award that ordered a chemical manufacturer to rehire a worker who claimed a union steward shared confidential information, arguing that the court relied on an inapplicable Fifth Circuit precedent.
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June 26, 2024
The electric car manufacturer Lucid urged an Arizona federal judge to deny a National Labor Relations Board official's bid for an injunction to make it rehire two fired union supporters, saying the regional director can't show anti-union bias was behind the terminations.
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June 26, 2024
A barge company urged an Alaska federal judge to reject work preservation arguments from International Longshore and Warehouse Union affiliates, telling the court that the union pursued a grievance over cargo handling work that illegally disrupted the company's business.
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June 26, 2024
Fifteen employees of the Wilmington, Delaware, music venue The Queen may vote on representation by an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees local in July, a National Labor Relations Board official said, finding the workers are union-eligible.
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June 25, 2024
An Illinois plumbing and fire suppression company violated its settlement with a Plumbers local when it stopped recognizing the union and bargaining for a first contract, a split National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday, ordering the company to resume negotiations if the union wishes.
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June 25, 2024
Workers in forge and heat treat departments at a California metal manufacturing facility may vote on union representation with a Machinists affiliate, a National Labor Relations Board acting regional director said, tossing the company's attempt to expand the bargaining unit, except for one role.
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June 25, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor must take a second look at a United Auto Workers member's challenge to a union officer election, a Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the agency should have weighed in on 30 of the members' objections instead of dismissing them as untimely.
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June 25, 2024
A pipefitters union local asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to dismiss a member's $10 million racial bias lawsuit, saying the worker's employer, not the union, bears responsibility for any racism he experienced on the job.
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June 25, 2024
Attorneys at a nonprofit providing immigration legal services may remain in a voluntarily recognized union bargaining unit, a National Labor Relations Board regional director concluded, saying the attorneys are not supervisors who are excluded from unionizing under federal labor law.
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June 25, 2024
An ironworkers union passed over workers for job assignments solely because they were Black and looked the other way when workers complained they were subjected to racist, sexist and homophobic harassment, the state of New Jersey told a state court.
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June 25, 2024
Wynn Resort's Encore Boston Harbor Casino has lost its effort to overturn an arbitrator's decision to reinstate and issue back pay to a call center reservation worker it fired for allegedly calling a Black colleague a racial slur.
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June 24, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has declined to throw out the conviction of John Dougherty, the former business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, on charges that he stole money from the union to pay for repairs to his home and others' properties.
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June 24, 2024
National Labor Relations Board chair Lauren McFerran is facing a deluge of attacks following her nomination for another term as management advocates seek to fend off an appointment that could cement Democratic control of the board deep into a possible Republican presidency.
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June 24, 2024
The Minnesota attorney general and other state officials fought off claims from a company and two business groups against a law barring employers from disciplining workers who don't want to listen to so-called captive audience meetings, arguing there isn't an enforcement threat.
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June 24, 2024
A West Coast-based Teamsters pension fund must keep facing claims that it shortchanged married retirees by using outdated data to convert their benefits from single-life annuity form, with a Washington federal judge deeming the suit strong enough to beat the fund's dismissal motion.
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June 24, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Monday blocked parts of a U.S. Department of Labor rule changing how prevailing wages are determined for federally funded construction projects from going into effect, saying the department had overstepped its authority under the Davis-Bacon Act.
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June 24, 2024
The NHL is looking to squash a putative antitrust class action from players in its developmental leagues alleging exploitation and abuse, telling a New York federal court that such disputes over pay and work conditions fall under the league's collective bargaining agreement and are shielded from antitrust scrutiny.
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June 24, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board defended its decision finding a longshore union unlawfully continued to fight jurisdiction over maintenance work in the Port of Seattle that was awarded to the Machinists, telling the Ninth Circuit that this isn't a work preservation dispute.
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June 24, 2024
The Amazon CEO's decision to state publicly that unionization could damage workers' direct relationship with managers should land the company on the hook for a labor law violation, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors told the board, arguing for a change in precedent on such statements.
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June 24, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday accepted a retired Florida firefighter's request that it decide whether former employees can lodge discrimination suits under the Americans with Disabilities Act related to post-employment benefits.
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June 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has pushed back against a challenge to rules introduced in 2022 that a Washington union said are depressing farmworkers' wages, telling a federal judge Friday that the union should have objected during the rule-making period.
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June 21, 2024
The Amazon Labor Union's recent merger into the Teamsters could help both groups in their fights against Amazon, but they still face uphill battles to reach a labor contract at the company's only unionized warehouse and organize workers elsewhere in the retail giant's sprawling logistics network.
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June 21, 2024
A Manhattan federal judge has said federal and New York transportation agencies meticulously analyzed congestion pricing's potential impacts on traffic, air quality and other factors, rejecting local residents and community groups' claims that the Big Apple's now-paused congestion pricing was improperly approved.