With slower case handling and a leadership crisis at the National Labor Relations Board raising questions about the agency's effectiveness, unions and employers may be able to sidestep the agency by expanding contractual grievance processes to cover some disputes the board usually handles.
The U.S. Supreme Court won't disturb rulings by the Ninth and Sixth circuits that upheld losses for a pair of employers before the National Labor Relations Board, rejecting two petitions for review Monday that invoked last year's Loper Bright decision.
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' recent abandonment of ousted general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's theories in several cases is the latest phase in a continued retreat from her aggressive approach to labor litigation, experts say.
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With slower case handling and a leadership crisis at the National Labor Relations Board raising questions about the agency's effectiveness, unions and employers may be able to sidestep the agency by expanding contractual grievance processes to cover some disputes the board usually handles.
The U.S. Supreme Court won't disturb rulings by the Ninth and Sixth circuits that upheld losses for a pair of employers before the National Labor Relations Board, rejecting two petitions for review Monday that invoked last year's Loper Bright decision.
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' recent abandonment of ousted general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's theories in several cases is the latest phase in a continued retreat from her aggressive approach to labor litigation, experts say.
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March 24, 2025
National Labor Relations Board attorneys, citing the arrival of acting general counsel William Cowen, are abandoning exceptions seeking precedent shifts brought under the leadership of former general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, pulling arguments in cases involving Starbucks and a sprinkler installer.
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March 24, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge has signed off on a settlement that resolves antitrust litigation over the NCAA's practice of banning the use of possible name, image and likeness compensation when recruiting athletes.
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March 24, 2025
An Illinois federal judge did not abuse his discretion by failing to award attorney fees to a broadcasters union local after its fight with the national union over a trusteeship, a Seventh Circuit panel ruled Monday, holding that the judge substantiated his decision.
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March 24, 2025
Two Massachusetts school districts and a coalition of public employee unions sued in federal court Monday, seeking to block the Trump administration from "dismantling" the U.S. Department of Education.
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March 24, 2025
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to pause a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, arguing the band of nonprofit groups that obtained the order have no standing to challenge the firings.
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March 24, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Sixth Circuit decision that found a bulk food delivery contractor illegally closed a terminal in Kentucky after a union organizing drive, leaving in place the National Labor Relations Board's decision against the company.
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March 21, 2025
The Fourth Circuit on Friday refused to pause a Maryland federal judge's restraining order requiring the reinstatement of thousands of probationary workers who were fired from 18 federal agencies.
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March 21, 2025
Journalists and staff with Voice of America on Friday accused their parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, of illegally firing virtually everyone with the government-funded media outlet, a move they said was because the Trump administration perceives their work to be "inconsistent" with the president's "political agenda."
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March 21, 2025
A Pennsylvania teachers union was negligent and breached its fiduciary duty in connection with a data breach that potentially exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information, a member alleged in a proposed class action, saying more than 500,000 people were impacted.
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March 21, 2025
The Second Circuit affirmed Friday an early win for a group of Teamsters local union benefit funds in a dispute against a heating oil transportation company, backing a lower court's action to force compliance with the union local's audit of contributions for covered work by the company's truck drivers.
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March 21, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge let two unions and a retirees group look into any steps the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury took to give the Department of Government Efficiency access to Treasury's computer systems, saying she needs the information to evaluate the action's lawfulness.
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March 21, 2025
MGM Grand Casino said attorneys for a fired employee cannot recoup more than three times the $133,000 a Michigan federal jury awarded him earlier this year in his lawsuit alleging he was improperly denied religious accommodation from the company's COVID-19 vaccine policy.
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March 21, 2025
A fan maker hasn't proved that removal protections for National Labor Relations Board judges and members resulted in harm to the company, the board argued in Missouri federal court, urging the judge to dismiss an amended suit aimed at stopping an unfair labor practice hearing in April.
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March 21, 2025
This week, the Second Circuit will hear the National Football League's appeal of a lower court decision partially denying its bid to send former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores' racial bias suit to arbitration.
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March 21, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a ruling on a car dealership's attempt to halt National Labor Relations Board proceedings based on an argument that the board's structure is unconstitutional. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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March 21, 2025
A Black UPS employee's claims against a Teamsters unit should be tossed, the union told a Mississippi federal court, saying that he cannot show the union treated him unfairly and that it cannot be held responsible for interfering with his medical leave rights.
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March 20, 2025
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency cannot have access to sensitive Social Security Administration systems, a Maryland federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the entity's search for fraud is a "fishing expedition" that could put the personal data of millions of Americans at risk.
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March 20, 2025
Starbucks violated federal labor law by discharging union supporters, threatening a loss of tuition benefits and refusing to negotiate about safety issues, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Thursday, finding the coffee giant committed several unfair labor practices to curb organizing at Texas cafes.
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March 20, 2025
The resumption of a union's dormant challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's 2020 joint employer rule could be a quick path to change the agency's approach to the issue, but uncertainty surrounding the board and court deference to federal agencies makes the result unclear.
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March 20, 2025
A Savannah, Georgia, restaurant group argued Thursday that National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox's reinstatement strengthens its U.S. Constitution-based bid for an injunction blocking an NLRB unfair labor practice case against it, citing a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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March 20, 2025
A truck driver hasn't proved he experienced harm from removal protections for National Labor Relations Board members, a D.C. federal judge ruled, tossing the worker's constitutional challenge to the agency's structure in connection with an unfair labor practice case against a Teamsters local.
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March 20, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor cannot fully escape a lawsuit from two trade associations challenging the agency's final rule updating prevailing wage rates for federal construction projects, with a Texas federal judge finding the groups showed that their members could be harmed by the changes.
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March 20, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be barred from idling its workforce under a narrowed injunction bid filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court, where the agency's employee union is squaring off with the Trump administration.
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March 20, 2025
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce along with other business groups told the Eleventh Circuit that the National Labor Relations Board's order deeming so-called captive audience meetings unlawful flouts the First Amendment, arguing the board's decision targets an employer's speech about unions.
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March 20, 2025
A New Jersey waste management company must hold a new union representation election after it tainted the first vote by creating the impression that workers wouldn't get a raise if they unionized, the Third Circuit has ruled, upholding a National Labor Relations Board decision.