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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 15, 2025
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.
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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 14, 2025
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 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.
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April 11, 2025
The Federal Labor Relations Authority upheld an arbitrator's conclusions that the National Labor Relations Board's collective bargaining agreement with a union shuts out a grievance about a probationary attorney's performance review, tossing the union's challenge to the award.
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April 11, 2025
A cannabis retailer challenging the constitutionality of a California law that requires marijuana businesses to have labor peace agreements is bringing its legal battle to the Ninth Circuit.
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April 11, 2025
Affiliates of a bankrupt dairy business are urging the Third Circuit to hold a full court rehearing on its split panel decision that a Teamsters union pension fund can sue them to enforce a $39 million settlement, arguing the law "simply does not say" what the majority ruled it says.
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April 11, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a potential ruling on a motion to send a worker's individual WARN Act claims against Tesla to arbitration and stay or dismiss nonindividual claims the worker is bringing. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the Golden State.
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April 11, 2025
A plumbing company in Utah threatened to fire employees for talking about compensation and terminated a worker in violation of federal labor law, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding the owner of the business can't bar employees from discussing pay with one another.
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April 11, 2025
A Detroit trucking company's union contract required it to provide its workers with health insurance, but the company didn't take the necessary steps to ensure that employees signed up, a Teamsters local told a Michigan federal judge, seeking to compel the company to provide the benefit.