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August 21, 2026
This week, a New York federal judge will consider Target's bid to dismiss a proposed class action brought by warehouse employees who claim the company must compensate them for the time they spend walking to and from their departments before and after their shifts. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in the Empire State.
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August 21, 2026
Patrick Moran has been elected as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees International president, the union announced in a news release.
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August 21, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit arguments in a challenge by unions and other groups to the federal government's mass layoffs of probationary employees. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 20, 2026
The full Ninth Circuit Thursday backed the National Labor Relations Board's decision in a union battle for work on a Seattle marine cargo terminal, ruling the International Longshore and Warehouse Union can't use the "work-preservation defense" to defeat accusations that it illegally pressured an employer for disputed work.
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August 20, 2026
The former treasurer of a federal workers' union local has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling more than $60,000 to pay for expenses ranging from food and utility bills to dance lessons, the U.S. attorney's office in Massachusetts announced Thursday.
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August 20, 2026
A National Labor Relations Board official has rejected a petition for a union representation election at a New York juvenile detention facility operator, finding that the company showed the workers in the proposed unit are supervisors who are ineligible to unionize.
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August 20, 2026
A Colorado federal judge dismissed a county board of commissioners' complaint Thursday for lack of standing after finding that the county sought prospective relief only from a state law expanding county employees' right to unionize and that the county failed to allege any potential injury.
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August 20, 2026
A Washington federal judge has narrowed a carpenter apprentice's amended complaint alleging that a Seattle construction company shorted employees on wages for off-the-clock work, ruling that the claims involving missed rest and meal breaks were preempted by federal law.
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August 20, 2026
California's Monterey Bay Aquarium asked the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday to reverse a regional official's decision to delay processing a petition to decertify a union representing its workers, saying the union's own conduct undermined the case that the election should be blocked.
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August 20, 2026
A military communications contractor violated federal labor law by unlawfully withdrawing recognition from a Teamsters unit, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, finding that the company aided in the decertification effort by promising an employee a new work schedule if he collected signatures to oust the union.
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August 19, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday rejected Starbucks' appeal of an order denying a board prosecutor's bid to withdraw claims that the company unlawfully changed its policies without bargaining with Starbucks Workers United, finding the company failed to show the judge exceeded her authority in issuing the decision.
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August 19, 2026
A Detroit water infrastructure company has asked the National Labor Relations Board to reconsider its July decision that the company unlawfully fired a striker, saying the board didn't explain why a violation was still found after it discarded certain evidence of anti-union animus that an agency judge had relied on.
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August 19, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has said an Ohio federal court shouldn't pause professional discipline proceedings against an attorney while he sues the agency, saying he's likely to fail with his suit challenging the fact that a judge from another agency is overseeing his discipline case.
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August 19, 2026
Officials in the National Labor Relations Board's Pittsburgh regional office approved a $3.66 million settlement to resolve an unfair labor practice case alleging that a metal manufacturer illegally refused to recall striking workers previously represented by the United Auto Workers, the agency announced Wednesday.
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August 19, 2026
Amazon and its delivery subcontractors abruptly cut ties with nearly 1,400 delivery drivers in New York state between 2023 and 2025, the Teamsters alleged in a letter to state regulators, urging them to investigate the employer for repeated violations of the New York WARN Act.
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August 19, 2026
The union representing Spirit Aviation's flight attendants has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to reject the bankrupt airline's request to sell its internal data to Google for artificial intelligence training unless the privacy of its members is protected.
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August 19, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed that a district court lacked authority to hear a suit from an immigration judges' union challenging a policy barring judges from speaking publicly about immigration without prior approval.
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August 19, 2026
The Trump administration urged a Washington federal court to deny a labor union's bid to block the government from terminating a collective bargaining agreement covering hydropower dam workers, arguing that appellate courts have rejected similar injunction requests from other unions.
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August 18, 2026
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday ordered Southwest Airlines to send flight attendants a statement saying the company isn't allowed to discriminate based on religion, in order to dissolve a contempt finding in a case from a flight attendant who successfully claimed her views on abortion got her fired.
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August 18, 2026
The Federal Circuit's refusal to curb the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's power over instituting Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges has allowed leaders to "wreak havoc" without accountability, top tech companies have warned the U.S. Supreme Court.
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August 18, 2026
A Service Employees International Union local must arbitrate a dispute over its decision to extend a union employee's probationary period by 180 days, a California federal judge has ruled, finding that the United Auto Workers local representing the worker followed the proper procedure for pursuing a grievance.
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August 18, 2026
A recent National Labor Relations Board decision finding Whole Foods was within its rights to bar employees from wearing Black Lives Matter messages at work shows how fact-specific the board's analysis of protections for political advocacy remains even after a Biden board decision that found similar displays lawful, experts said.
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August 18, 2026
The United Auto Workers shouldn't be a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a General Motors employee who alleged that she experienced disability discrimination in the workplace, the union argued, telling a Tennessee federal judge that it hasn't discriminated against the employee in any way.
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August 18, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday tossed three state wage claims brought by United Airlines flight attendants in a suit alleging they were not paid for preflight, post-flight and layover work, finding federal labor law requires the disputes to be resolved through arbitration rather than in court.
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August 18, 2026
A clinical research company violated federal labor law by firing a worker who discussed payroll issues with other employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, rejecting the company's argument that the worker was an independent contractor.