Thrifty Payless, Inc. v. NLRB

  1. November 03, 2023

    DC Circ. Backs NLRB On Rite Aid Union Health Care Switch

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday backed a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Rite Aid violated federal labor law by switching Northern California workers off a union health care fund and onto a private fund, saying the company cut off talks while it still had room to move.

  2. September 08, 2023

    DC Circ. Ponders NLRB Remedy In Rite Aid Benefits Row

    The D.C. Circuit examined Friday whether the National Labor Relations Board properly ordered Rite Aid to contribute to a union's health care benefits fund, with judges posing questions about the fund's financial state and the company's ability to challenge the remedy in compliance proceedings.

  3. September 01, 2023

    September Brings 5 Appellate Benefits Arguments To Watch

    In September, federal appeals courts have set oral arguments on several important employee benefits disputes from workers claiming violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and a D.C. Circuit panel will be asked to determine whether Rite Aid violated labor law when changing union retirees' health benefits.

  4. May 18, 2023

    Rite Aid Defends Benefits Changes It Made To Avoid 'Chaos'

    Rite Aid has urged the D.C. Circuit to scrap the National Labor Relations Board's finding that the company violated labor law when changing workers' health care benefits without their union's consent, saying Thursday that if it hadn't made the changes, "wholesale chaos" would have ensued.

  5. February 22, 2023

    Union Urges DC Circ. To Stand By NLRB's Rite Aid Ruling

    The D.C. Circuit should uphold the National Labor Relations Board's finding that Rite Aid changed workers' health care benefits without negotiating in good faith with their union, the union argued, saying the evidence put forth in the case record supports the board's decision.

  6. February 15, 2023

    NLRB Right To Find Rite Aid Benefits Change Illegal, GC Says

    The D.C. Circuit should uphold an NLRB decision finding Rite Aid didn't bargain with a United Food and Commercial Workers local before changing health care insurance benefits for workers, agency prosecutors argued, saying the board correctly determined the parties weren't at an impasse.

  7. November 17, 2022

    Rite Aid Wants Redo Of NLRB Case Over Benefits Changes

    Rite Aid is challenging a National Labor Relations Board decision in the D.C. Circuit, telling the appeals court that the board ignored evidence when concluding the company had illegally changed health insurance benefits for workers without bargaining with a union.