Labor

  • May 14, 2026

    Labor Movement Pushing For Bigger Say On Workplace AI

    Organized labor is making a public push to have a greater say in how employers implement artificial intelligence in the workplace, queuing up a strategy that relies on a mix of political advocacy and collective bargaining to address a technology that the labor movement is casting as a potential existential threat.

  • May 14, 2026

    NLRB General Counsel Affirms Dismissal Of SpaceX Suit

    A National Labor Relations Board suit accusing SpaceX of firing critics of boss Elon Musk is over after the Office of the General Counsel on Thursday denied workers' challenge to a finding that the company is outside the board's jurisdiction.

  • May 14, 2026

    Pension Fund Seeks To Enforce $16.2M BAE Systems Bill

    The Machinists union's pension fund asked a D.C. federal court to approve an arbitrator's rejection of BAE Systems Inc.'s claims that the fund improperly calculated its roughly $16.2 million withdrawal liability.

  • May 14, 2026

    Investment Co. Settles Carpenters' $250M Pension Loss Suit

    Callan LLC has reached a deal in a class action from a group of union carpenters who claimed the investment consulting firm and their pension funds' trustees lost them $250 million in assets by investing in Allianz index funds, according to a Washington federal court filing.

  • May 14, 2026

    Tennis Group Says Grand Slams Are Retaliating For Lawsuit

    Tennis players told a New York federal court their professional association is being denied access to the French Open and Wimbledon in retaliation for suing several tournament operators and the sports' governing bodies for allegedly acting like a cartel to control their wages and working conditions.

  • May 14, 2026

    7th Circ. Presses Trans CTA Driver On Bias Evidence

    A Seventh Circuit panel Thursday pressed counsel for a former Chicago Transit Authority bus driver on whether the record showed he was fired because he is transgender, rather than because he failed to follow procedures for taking leave, as he seeks to revive discrimination claims against the agency and union.

  • May 14, 2026

    NLRB GC Asks Board To Overturn 2 Biden-Era Rulings

    Employers should be allowed to tell workers that unionizing could end their direct relationship with their managers, as well as hold mandatory meetings to discourage unionization, the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel said, asking the board to overturn a pair of Biden-era rulings that outlawed these tactics.

  • May 14, 2026

    NLRB Affirms Decision Clearing Apple Of Unfair Firing Claim

    The National Labor Relations Board cleared Apple of claims that it fired a worker for raising workplace concerns, affirming a judge's ruling that the worker raised only "personal gripes" in a series of disruptive mass emails.

  • May 13, 2026

    Paving Co. Urges 6th Circ. To Revisit Union Withdrawal Ruling

    A Midwest paving and road construction company has urged the Sixth Circuit to rethink its recent decision finding that the company unlawfully locked out Michigan employees during a bargaining dispute with a union, arguing that the decision conflicts with a recent ruling made by the circuit court in a separate case.

  • May 13, 2026

    Pa. School OK To Remove List Of 'Infamous' Strikebreakers

    A divided Pennsylvania appeals panel on Wednesday held that administrators at a Pennsylvania university were allowed to remove a list of "infamous" strike-breaking union faculty members from a public bulletin board, even though the posting itself was legally protected.

  • May 13, 2026

    Med Spa Fired Worker For Wage Talk, NLRB Judge Told

    A Texas medical spa admitted to firing a worker because she'd discussed her pay with a co-worker, so it should be held liable for a National Labor Relations Act violation, agency prosecutors told a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge after a hearing in a case against the spa.

  • May 13, 2026

    History Repeats As NLRB GC Moves To End Amazon Dispute

    A proposed deal to settle a National Labor Relations Board case asserting that Amazon jointly employs its contract drivers — but without an admission that the retail giant is their joint employer — echoes the controversial end of an Obama-era case seeking to establish that McDonald's employs its franchisees' workers.

  • May 13, 2026

    10th Circ. Considers Fire Chief's Immunity In Termination Suit

    A Colorado fire chief urged the Tenth Circuit Wednesday to find a lower court erred in denying him qualified immunity after terminating a union president, with the three-judge panel questioning the relationship between the union's collective bargaining agreement and the U.S. Constitution's requirements.

  • May 13, 2026

    Union, Federal Workers Sue USDA Over Religious Messaging

    The National Federation of Federal Employees and a group of federal workers are accusing the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture of unlawfully imposing her religious views on a "captive audience" of agency employees through agency emails, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court Wednesday.

  • May 13, 2026

    NLRB Fights 6th Circ.'s Take On Bargaining-Order Test Shift

    The Sixth Circuit should let the National Labor Relations Board keep using a 3-year-old legal test to decide when employers in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee must bargain with unions, the agency argued, asking the court to set aside a March decision to invalidate the test within its borders.

  • May 13, 2026

    10th Circ. Skeptical Of Union's Early Retirement Suit Appeal

    The Tenth Circuit appeared skeptical Wednesday of an appeal from a Boilermaker-Blacksmith pension plan and its trustees in a dispute over early retirement benefits, with multiple judges seeming reluctant to overturn a Kansas judge's interpretation that the plan allowed non-boilermaker work after retirement, regardless of the employer's contribution status.

  • May 13, 2026

    WestRock Made Illegal Health Plan Shift, NLRB Judge Says

    Packaging company WestRock violated federal labor law by changing a health insurance plan for employees without bargaining to a good faith impasse with a Teamsters local, a National Labor Relations Board judge found.

  • May 13, 2026

    GM Seeks To Put Brakes On Worker's FMLA, Bias Suit

    General Motors has urged a Tennessee federal court to dismiss a worker's disability discrimination and Family and Medical Leave Act suit, arguing the case is really a dispute over untimely leave paperwork rather than unlawful bias or retaliation.

  • May 13, 2026

    NY Says 'Unclean Hands' Snuff Out Pot Labor Peace Suit

    New York cannabis regulators are urging a federal court to throw out a dispensary's challenge to the requirement that cannabis operators sign labor peace agreements with unions, saying the courts can't help a company violate federal law.

  • May 13, 2026

    Air Traffic Controllers' OT Suit Can Stay In Court

    Air traffic controllers suing an aerospace company regarding overtime pay cannot be forced into arbitration because the company's collective bargaining agreement does not clearly waive workers' right to pursue Fair Labor Standards Act claims in federal court, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled.

  • May 12, 2026

    7th Circ. Judges Question NLRB's Union Reinstatement Bid

    Seventh Circuit judges weighing the National Labor Relations Board's bid for an injunction requiring a truck seller to recognize a union it has twice rebuked seemed skeptical Tuesday that the company's employees face irreparable harm without it.

  • May 12, 2026

    Amazon Union Says Venue Bid Was 'Forum Shopping'

    Amazon engaged in "blatant forum shopping" by challenging its New York City warehouse workers' unionization in the Fifth Circuit instead of the Second Circuit, a Teamsters unit has argued, asking the Fifth Circuit to reject this "gamesmanship" and transfer the case to the region where the unionization took place.

  • May 12, 2026

    Attys For Tufts Profs Didn't Blink In A Tenure Standoff

    When Jennifer Henricks and Kevin Peters first learned what was happening to tenured professors at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston a few years ago, they knew that what was at stake involved more than just a dispute over the terms of a contract.

  • May 12, 2026

    DC Circ. Doubts Cleaner's Process Complaints In NLRB Fight

    The D.C. Circuit appeared skeptical Tuesday that the National Labor Relations Board unfairly refused to admit certain evidence in a picketing dispute as it probed a cleaning contractor's attempt to escape a redone ruling that it punished workers over a protected protest more than a decade ago.

  • May 12, 2026

    Union Can't Join Legal Support Firm's NLRB Dispute

    A Texas federal judge rejected another attempt by the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America to intervene in a suit challenging removal protections for National Labor Relations Board members and administrative law judges, ruling Tuesday that the union fell short of proving it has a right to intervene.

Expert Analysis

  • Employer Lessons From NLRB Judge's Union Bias Ruling

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    A National Labor Relations Board judge’s recent decision that a Virginia drywall contractor unlawfully transferred and fired workers who made union pay complaints illustrates valuable lessons about how employers should respond to protected labor activity and federal labor investigations, says Kenneth Jenero at Holland & Knight.

  • Workplace Speech Policies Limit Legal And PR Risks

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    As workers increasingly speak out on controversies like the 2024 elections and the Israel-Hamas war, companies should implement practical workplace expression policies and plans to protect their brands and mitigate the risk of violating federal and state anti-discrimination and free speech laws, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Where Justices Stand On Chevron Doctrine Post-Argument

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    Following recent oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court, at least four justices appear to be in favor of overturning the long-standing Chevron deference, and three justices seem ready to uphold it, which means the ultimate decision may rest on Chief Justice John Roberts' vote, say Wayne D'Angelo and Zachary Lee at Kelley Drye.

  • Trends That Will Shape The Construction Industry In 2024

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    Though the outlook for the construction industry is mixed, it is clear that 2024 will bring evolving changes aimed at building projects more safely and efficiently under difficult circumstances, and stakeholders would be wise to prepare for the challenges and opportunities these trends will bring, say Josephine Bahn and Jeffery Mullen at Cozen O'Connor.

  • A Focused Statement Can Ease Employment Mediation

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    Given the widespread use of mediation in employment cases, attorneys should take steps to craft mediation statements that efficiently assist the mediator by focusing on key issues, strengths and weaknesses of a claim, which can flag key disputes and barriers to a settlement, says Darren Rumack at Klein & Cardali.

  • 3 Areas Of Focus In Congressional Crosshairs This Year

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    Companies must prepare for Congress to build on its 2023 oversight priorities this year, continuing its vigorous inquiries into Chinese company-related investments, workplace safety and labor relations issues, and generative artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Water Cooler Talk: Insights On Noncompetes From 'The Office'

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    Troutman Pepper’s Tracey Diamond, Evan Gibbs, Constance Brewster and Jim Earle compare scenarios from “The Office” to the complex world of noncompetes and associated tax issues, as employers are becoming increasingly hesitant to look to noncompete provisions amid a potential federal ban.

  • 5 NLRA Changes To Make Nonunion Employers Wary In 2024

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    As the National Labor Relations Board continues pushing an aggressive pro-union agenda and a slate of strict workplace rules, nonunion employers should study significant labor law changes from 2023 to understand why National Labor Relations Act compliance will be so crucial to protecting themselves in the new year, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • NLRA Expansion May Come With Risks For Workers

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    The last few years have seen a rapid expansion of the National Labor Relations Act to increase labor law coverage in as many ways and to as many areas as possible, but this could potentially weaken rather than strengthen support for unions and worker rights in the U.S., says Daniel Johns at Cozen O’Connor.

  • What The NLRB Wants Employers To Know Post-Cemex

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    Recent guidance from the National Labor Relations Board illuminates prosecutorial goals following Cemex Construction Materials, a decision that upended decades of precedent, and includes several notable points to which employers should pay close attention, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2024

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    From technological leaps to sea changes in labor policy to literal sea changes, 2024 provides opportunities for employers to face big-picture questions that will shape their business for years to come, say Allegra Lawrence-Hardy and Lisa Haldar at Lawrence & Bundy.

  • Cos. Should Be On Guard After Boom In Unfair Labor Claims

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    The National Labor Relations Board's recent expansion of protected activity and imposition of case-by-case policies led to a historic boom in unfair labor practice charges in 2023, so companies should prepare for labor complaints to increase in 2024 by conducting risk assessments and implementing compliance plans, say Daniel Schudroff and Lorien Schoenstedt at Jackson Lewis.

  • 3 Developments That Will Affect Hospitality Companies In 2024

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    As the hospitality industry continues its post-pandemic recovery, it faces both challenges and opportunities to thrive in 2024, including navigating new labor rules, developing branded residential living spaces and cautiously embracing artificial intelligence, says Lauren Stewart at Sheppard Mullin.

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