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July 31, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's motion to send gender discrimination claims to arbitration. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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July 31, 2026
This week, a federal judge will consider the New York State Police's attempt to toss a suit brought by a former lieutenant who claimed that he was passed over for promotions dozens of times in favor of white candidates.
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July 30, 2026
A National Labor Relations Board official has tossed a union's petition to represent workers at a bakery in the Bronx borough of New York, saying an active collective bargaining agreement between the establishment and an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local bars the new vote.
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July 30, 2026
A software company urged the National Labor Relations Board to reverse an agency judge's decision finding that it violated federal labor law by firing a worker who mocked its co-CEO in a company chat, arguing that the previous ruling relied on faulty board precedent.
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July 30, 2026
A Detroit water infrastructure company can propose a union contract provision that would discipline workers for filing "baseless" grievances, a split National Labor Relations Board ruled, saying that making an "intemperate" proposal during bargaining cannot be considered an unfair labor practice.
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July 30, 2026
After reconsidering his previous denial of incarcerated ex-Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty's request for compassionate release to care for his disabled wife, a Pennsylvania federal judge has again held that the former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager should remain in prison to serve out his six-year sentence for bribery and embezzlement.
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July 30, 2026
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP announced Thursday the firm has brought on a Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP partner in its Atlanta office, bolstering its litigation and dispute resolution and employment practices.
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July 30, 2026
Warehouse workers at a Kansas electric company can vote on joining an existing bargaining unit represented by an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, reversing an agency official's decision finding that the workers did not have enough in common with the unit employees.
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July 30, 2026
The Bronx Defenders' executive director said on Thursday that the union representing the organization's over 300 attorneys and staff has rejected an updated offer on wages, with both sides still at odds over the prospect of separate salary scales for lawyers and social workers.
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July 30, 2026
Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill Thursday that would eliminate mandatory arbitration agreements in employment contracts and enhance workers' ability to band together to challenge unlawful employment practices.
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July 29, 2026
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday sided with a county for terminating a firefighter-paramedic who tested positive for cannabis in a random drug screen, saying he wasn't entitled to a workplace accommodation for having a medical marijuana card.
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July 29, 2026
The Michigan federal judge presiding over a case involving a United Auto Workers corruption scandal has rejected a union member's bid to be included on the ballot in an upcoming officers' election, ruling that Bell failed to show that a court-appointed monitor's refusal to add her to the ballot violated a consent decree or federal law.
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July 29, 2026
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would violate an injunction and its union contract if it carries out its plan to stop honoring the contract when the pact expires Aug. 8, a union local claimed, asking a D.C. federal judge to force the agency to continue complying.
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July 29, 2026
The Teamsters defended their agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in New York federal court to wind down decades of federal monitoring of the union, saying concerns members raised after the deal was announced last month would justify perpetual oversight of the union.
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July 29, 2026
The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem union announced on the third workday of its strike Tuesday that it has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing its management of offering unlawful incentives to cross the picket line.
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July 28, 2026
A federal judge in Seattle denied the Trump administration's bid on Tuesday to lift a court order blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from canceling a collective bargaining agreement covering thousands of Transportation Security Administration workers, saying the government failed to debunk two independent grounds for the injunction.
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July 28, 2026
A First Circuit judge on Tuesday questioned the repercussions of a court nixing the Trump administration's deferred-resignation program more than a year after federal workers accepted the buyouts.
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July 28, 2026
A Communications Workers of America affiliate will file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board after a nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and related projects rejected its bid for voluntary recognition, the union announced in a statement Tuesday.
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July 28, 2026
National Labor Relations Board members' and judges' job protections are unconstitutional, but these flaws don't block the agency from prosecuting labor violations, a Texas federal judge said in a decision splitting with a recent ruling from a different district.
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July 28, 2026
Builder Cemex urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to stop the Ninth Circuit from finalizing a decision backing a National Labor Relations Board bargaining order after Justice Elena Kagan turned away an emergency push.
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July 28, 2026
A Miami longshoreman can proceed with part of his lawsuit alleging that his union retaliated against him after he repeatedly reported a co-worker for insubordination, a Florida federal judge has ruled, finding that there is enough evidence in the record to allow certain claims to survive.
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July 28, 2026
Federal prosecutors in California have dropped charges against a Service Employees International Union official who was arrested after he blocked a police vehicle during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Los Angeles, according to a court filing.
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July 28, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has unlawfully directed administrative judges to halt pending class action complaints filed by federal employees, the American Federation of Government Employees claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in D.C. federal court.
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July 28, 2026
Amtrak has asked a District of Columbia federal court to toss a lawsuit brought by two railroad unions over its paid time off accrual policy, arguing the dispute must go to arbitration because it involves the interpretation of existing labor agreements rather than a unilateral change to those agreements.
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July 27, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board has pulled its challenge to a New York law that lets the state's employment board perform certain NLRB functions when the federal agency is immobilized, saying Monday that the suit is no longer necessary because the law was struck down last week.