National Labor Relations Board prosecutors are no longer looking to overturn four employer-friendly rulings that they'd sought to ax under President Joe Biden-era general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, the prosecutors told the board Wednesday in a case that pits the agency against Starbucks.
A coalition of unions has hit the Trump administration with a federal lawsuit accusing it of dismantling the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, alleging President Donald Trump took an ax to the labor-management dispute resolution agency in violation of Congress' will.
A Michigan federal judge has ordered Kellanova to arbitrate a wage dispute with a Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers union local, ruling that the case hinges on the terms of an expired contract that calls for arbitration of unresolved grievances.
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National Labor Relations Board prosecutors are no longer looking to overturn four employer-friendly rulings that they'd sought to ax under President Joe Biden-era general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, the prosecutors told the board Wednesday in a case that pits the agency against Starbucks.
A coalition of unions has hit the Trump administration with a federal lawsuit accusing it of dismantling the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, alleging President Donald Trump took an ax to the labor-management dispute resolution agency in violation of Congress' will.
A Michigan federal judge has ordered Kellanova to arbitrate a wage dispute with a Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers union local, ruling that the case hinges on the terms of an expired contract that calls for arbitration of unresolved grievances.
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April 16, 2025
A coalition of unions on Wednesday asked a New York federal judge to order the Trump administration to immediately stop dismantling the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service while the unions challenge the layoffs at the agency in court, calling them "unlawful and unconstitutional."
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April 16, 2025
Southwest Airlines has moved a union lawsuit challenging its sick leave settlement with the state of Colorado to federal court, after the union amended its complaint to add a proposed class of flight attendants also challenging the deal.
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April 16, 2025
A Kentucky federal judge has refused to delay an approaching hearing on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's bid to nullify its workers' union contracts, despite a union's assertion that it's been given little time to prepare for a consequential case and that it has yet to be served.
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April 16, 2025
Three nonprofits have filed suit in D.C. federal court to have the U.S. Department of Labor reinstate cooperative agreements aimed at supporting workers' rights programs abroad, claiming that the department, at the direction of the Department of Government Efficiency, terminated the agreements based on "policy disagreement."
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April 16, 2025
A coalition of organizations, including unions like the AFL-CIO and nonprofits like the nonpartisan legal volunteering network We the Action, has teamed up to connect the thousands of federal employees fired under the Trump Administration with free legal support, calling on lawyers across the U.S. to join their efforts.
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April 16, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board should rethink legal precedent that allows board officials to refuse to schedule union decertification elections at workplaces that stand accused of certain labor law violations, Starbucks told the board, asking it to overrule a 2022 decision.
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April 16, 2025
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that counsel representing two union elevator industry workers should be awarded $950,000 in legal fees, down from the attorneys' initial request of $1.7 million for settling a nearly 30,000-member class action over the management of a union 401(k) plan.
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April 16, 2025
The Second Circuit must reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that barring employees at a Manhattan Starbucks from wearing more than one union pin is illegal, the coffee giant argued, saying the board ignored a 2012 ruling from the same appeals court upholding the policy.
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April 15, 2025
An employee with the National Labor Relations Board sent a whistleblower disclosure to members of Congress on Monday alleging that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency harvested Americans' sensitive information and likely exposed the data to foreign adversaries.
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April 15, 2025
A Seventh Circuit judge on Tuesday pushed a National Labor Relations Board attorney to address why it was a violation of federal labor law for Amazon to tell employees that it can make exceptions to a policy limiting their off-duty access to a Kentucky facility at any time, "when the legal right exists whether the workers are told or not."
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April 15, 2025
A pair of fired independent regulators implored the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to keep them unemployed while they challenge his authority to fire them without cause, arguing his new attack on a century-old precedent doesn't qualify as an emergency that the high court must address.
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April 15, 2025
A Florida high-speed rail operator is "going through the motions" at the bargaining table while waiting for a court to oust its workers' newly installed union, the union argued Tuesday, saying the employer should have to face a federal lawsuit claiming it is bargaining in bad faith.
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April 15, 2025
An adhesive tape manufacturer violated federal labor law by firing a worker for putting up postings on union bulletin boards at a Michigan facility, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, while also considering the lawfulness of work rules on remand from the board.
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April 15, 2025
A coalition of journalists, unions and a reporter advocacy group asked a D.C. federal judge not to disturb a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the agency that oversees Voice of America, arguing the district court has jurisdiction to weigh in on the case.
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April 15, 2025
A New York cannabis company on Monday launched a federal lawsuit challenging a provision of the state's marijuana legalization law that requires licensed businesses to maintain labor peace agreements with their workers, saying it is preempted by federal law.
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April 15, 2025
A group of workers hired by a provider of temporary staff nurses to work at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California during a 2023 strike have filed a lawsuit against the staffing company, alleging it refused to pay for training time and meal breaks.
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April 14, 2025
An electrical workers union told a Montana internet provider why it needed information about a potential diversion of bargaining unit work, the union told the D.C. Circuit, asking the court to uphold the National Labor Relations Board's finding that the company violated labor law by denying the request.
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April 14, 2025
The Teamsters and United Airlines asked a California federal court to allow an appeal of its order finding the Railway Labor Act gives individual airline employees the right to send their grievances to arbitration despite the union's objection, looking to take the dispute to the Ninth Circuit.
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April 14, 2025
An Arkansas insurance regulation forcing health plans to turn over information about reimbursement rates negotiated by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, conflicts with federal benefits law, a Teamsters healthcare fund claimed, urging an Illinois federal court to block the state from enforcing the rule.
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April 14, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked a federal judge in Manhattan to toss a potential class action brought by a former state disability office employee against the state and her labor union claiming she was fired for demanding specific days off for religious observances.
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April 14, 2025
The Communications Workers of America and Verizon challenged a worker's suit alleging he was fired for using the N-word because he is white, with the union and company arguing that the CWA hadn't breached its duty of fair representation by not advancing a grievance over the firing to arbitration.
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April 14, 2025
An attorney's assistant at the North Carolina Association of Educators can't join the union that represents the teachers union's staff, a National Labor Relations Board official held, saying her access to meetings during which bargaining strategy is discussed renders her a union-ineligible confidential employee.
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April 11, 2025
A Pennsylvania transit workers union can keep its win against a regional public transit operator over the firing of a bus driver accused of harassment, a state appellate court concluded Friday, finding that an arbitration award that changed the firing to a suspension drew its essence from the collective bargaining agreement.
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April 11, 2025
A New York City television station operated by Nexstar violated federal labor law by refusing to give requested financial information to the NewsGuild of New York, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Friday, concluding the union had a right to seek these details amid contract talks.
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April 11, 2025
Fired Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board members are overstating the reach of U.S. Supreme Court precedent allowing limits on the president's power to remove independent agency leaders, the Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit on Friday as it seeks to reverse decisions reinstating the members.