Riverbay Corporation v. Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ

  1. May 31, 2023

    Court OKs Order For Management Co. To Rehire Union Janitor

    A New York federal judge affirmed an arbitrator's order for a property management company to rehire a janitor who used a racial slur while speaking to his supervisor, agreeing with a Service Employees International Union local on Wednesday that reinstating the worker would not violate any laws.

  2. April 17, 2023

    SEIU Local Says Arbitrator Properly Nixed Janitor's Firing

    A Service Employees International Union local has urged a New York federal judge to uphold an arbitration award ordering a property management company to rehire a janitor who called his supervisor "my N-word," fighting the company's argument that reinstating him would violate laws barring workplace discrimination.

  3. March 30, 2023

    NYC Property Manager Wants Early Win In Arbitration Dispute

    A New York City property management company would violate city, state and federal laws banning workplace discrimination if it rehired an employee who called his supervisor "my N-word," the company told a New York federal judge Thursday, urging him to overturn an arbitration award compelling the worker's rehire.

  4. February 22, 2023

    Dispute Over Firing Arbitration Award Stays In Federal Court

    A legal fight between a New York City property management company and a Service Employees International Union local over an arbitration award will remain in federal court, a federal judge ruled, saying that resolving the dispute involves union contract interpretation that cannot be done in state court.

  5. February 13, 2023

    SEIU Local Says Firing Dispute Belongs In Federal Court

    A legal fight between a New York property management company and a Service Employees International Union local over a worker's firing should remain in federal court, the union has argued, saying the dispute involves interpretation of a union contract that cannot happen in state court.

  6. January 27, 2023

    NY Co-Op Manager Wants Racial Slur Suit Back In State Court

    A New York property management company told a federal judge Friday that state court is the right place for its lawsuit seeking to overturn an arbitrator's order requiring it to rehire a worker who was fired for addressing a supervisor with a racial slur, saying the worker's reinstatement violates state regulations.