May 31, 2023
A New York federal judge affirmed an arbitrator's order for a property management company to rehire a janitor who used a racial slur while speaking to his supervisor, agreeing with a Service Employees International Union local on Wednesday that reinstating the worker would not violate any laws.
April 17, 2023
A Service Employees International Union local has urged a New York federal judge to uphold an arbitration award ordering a property management company to rehire a janitor who called his supervisor "my N-word," fighting the company's argument that reinstating him would violate laws barring workplace discrimination.
March 30, 2023
A New York City property management company would violate city, state and federal laws banning workplace discrimination if it rehired an employee who called his supervisor "my N-word," the company told a New York federal judge Thursday, urging him to overturn an arbitration award compelling the worker's rehire.
February 22, 2023
A legal fight between a New York City property management company and a Service Employees International Union local over an arbitration award will remain in federal court, a federal judge ruled, saying that resolving the dispute involves union contract interpretation that cannot be done in state court.
February 13, 2023
A legal fight between a New York property management company and a Service Employees International Union local over a worker's firing should remain in federal court, the union has argued, saying the dispute involves interpretation of a union contract that cannot happen in state court.
January 27, 2023
A New York property management company told a federal judge Friday that state court is the right place for its lawsuit seeking to overturn an arbitrator's order requiring it to rehire a worker who was fired for addressing a supervisor with a racial slur, saying the worker's reinstatement violates state regulations.