September 16, 2022
A midwestern Service Employees International Union local defeated a lawsuit accusing it of wrongfully firing six employees, with an Illinois federal judge validating a grievance process that deemed the terminations justified given the workers' association with a website disparaging union leadership.
January 12, 2022
A group of former Service Employees International Union employees urged an Illinois federal judge to preserve their wrongful termination suit against a local, saying the union had "taken artistic license with the facts of the case" in its bid for a pretrial win.
November 18, 2021
A Service Employees International Union affiliate that fired six employees for challenging the local's leadership during a time focused on ending "incessant infighting" is defending its decision in Illinois federal court, arguing that the ex-workers' "insubordination" allowed the leaders to terminate their employment.