NLRB v. Equinox Holdings, Inc.

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Case overview

Case Number:

17-1013

Court:

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit:

Companies

Government Agencies

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  1. March 06, 2018

    Fired Worker Didn't Taint Equinox Union Vote, DC Circ. Says

    Upscale gym company Equinox did not show that a union tainted a representation election in three San Francisco locations by enlisting a worker fired for bringing a pellet gun to work in the union drive, the D.C. Circuit said on Tuesday, siding with the National Labor Relations Board.

  2. February 05, 2018

    Gym Works To Connect Union Vote, Gun Episode At DC Circ.

    Gym chain Equinox faced an "upstream" swim, according to one judge at the D.C. Circuit on Monday as the company contested a National Labor Relations Board decision upholding a vote to unionize at three San Francisco locations, with the panel repeatedly challenging the vote's purported connection with an incident involving a realistic-looking pellet gun.

  3. May 22, 2017

    NLRB Tells DC Circ. Fake Gun Incident Didn't Taint Union Vote

    The National Labor Relations Board on Friday urged the D.C. Circuit not to disturb a ruling to uphold a pro-union vote by employees at three of gym chain Equinox's San Francisco locations, arguing that the chain has embellished a situation in which an employee who later served as a union vote observer was fired for brandishing a realistic-looking plastic handgun.

  4. April 19, 2017

    Equinox Tells DC Circ. Fake Gun Incident Tainted Union Vote

    Gym chain Equinox told the D.C. Circuit that union supporters "intimidated and coerced" employees into voting for a union and allowed a pro-union employee who was fired days prior for brandishing a realistic-looking plastic handgun to serve as an election observer, urging the appeals court to overturn a National Labor Relations Board decision that upheld the union vote.

  5. January 24, 2017

    SEIU Looks To Join Equinox Organizing Row At DC Circ.

    The SEIU on Monday filed to intervene in D.C. Circuit appeals over an NLRB ruling that Equinox Holdings Inc. must negotiate with some of its employees, after it refused to do so because the union election was allegedly observed by a fired employee who had brandished a realistic-looking fake gun at work days prior.