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September 27, 2023
A Teamsters pension fund urged the First Circuit not to revive a logistics company's attempt to shake the fund's $1.5 million bill, saying a Massachusetts federal judge correctly held that the company's argument belongs before an arbitrator and that the company missed its deadline to arbitrate.
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September 27, 2023
The Federal Labor Relations Authority revised its test for analyzing whether management rights clauses in collective bargaining agreements clash with an arbitrator's decision, presenting a new four-part standard in a case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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September 26, 2023
The Hollywood writers strike will come to an end Wednesday as the Writers Guild of America leadership on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend the tentative agreement reached with studios over the weekend.
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September 26, 2023
President Joe Biden's visit Tuesday to the United Auto Workers' picket line is an unprecedented escalation of his uniquely pro-labor posture that will test the commander-in-chief's influence over labor relations in the automotive industry, experts say.
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September 26, 2023
The Third Circuit on Tuesday denied enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board decision that found a shift guarantee survived the expiration of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's labor contract with a union, telling the board to reconsider its order over the newspaper's bargaining obligation for layoffs.
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September 26, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday sent a dispute over a home remodeling company's social media policy back to an agency judge to apply a recent precedent shift regarding workplace rules, over the objection of the board's Republican member, who said the board could have decided the case itself.
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September 26, 2023
A New York federal judge has ordered Kaleida Health to hand over documents to a group of nurses accusing the hospital network of mismanaging their retirement savings, saying the network owes them copies of communications it sent regarding how their savings were growing in the company retirement plan.
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September 26, 2023
A Las Vegas resort unlawfully fired employees for their unionizing efforts and contracted their work out to a warehousing company as organizing with a Teamsters local was underway, a National Labor Relations Board judge concluded, ordering the workers' reinstatement and citing the board's Cemex decision.
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September 26, 2023
Agreements by which the U.S. Department of Labor and other agencies coordinate enforcement and share data and referrals may streamline how they enforce labor standards and require employers to take a more holistic approach to compliance, attorneys told Law360.
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September 26, 2023
A National Labor Relations Board official greenlit roughly 80 employees of Walt Disney Animation Studios' production department to vote on representation by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, rejecting the company's bid to trim the list of eligible voters.
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September 26, 2023
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September 26, 2023
As backlash to institutional efforts around environmental, social and corporate governance spreads in the U.S., experts say law firms are likely to take a long-term view and continue focusing on ESG principles, even if some of the wording and messaging around those efforts may change.
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September 25, 2023
A New York cannabis company lawfully gave nonunion workers a paid day off in honor of Juneteenth but didn't provide unionized employees the same benefit, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Monday, saying federal labor law doesn't force the company to grant the day off to union-represented workers.
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September 25, 2023
A United Auto Workers local and the union's health benefits fund informed a New Jersey federal magistrate judge that the parties reached a settlement in a nearly 10-year fraud case against a former union trustee and an insurance broker.
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September 25, 2023
A financial firm established for the nation's largest firefighters union urged a Massachusetts federal judge on Monday to impose sanctions against a former executive in his suit accusing the firm of firing him for reporting it was seeking kickbacks from an investment planner, arguing that the former executives violated a protective order by publishing discovery materials to YouTube.
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September 25, 2023
Known as a canny leader with a quick wit and intense devotion to the labor movement, the United Steelworkers' international president of five years, Tom Conway, has died at 71, the union announced Monday.
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September 25, 2023
The Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studios have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that could end a monthslong strike, with President Joe Biden praising the deal Monday and welcoming its "assurances related to artificial intelligence."
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September 25, 2023
An attorney who left Littler Mendelson PC to join the grocery store delivery service Instacart as an employment counsel has rejoined the firm in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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September 25, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that sought to prohibit autonomous heavy-duty trucks from operating on public roads without a human operator present, delivering a blow to labor groups that championed the ban, while saving autonomous-vehicle developers from what they decried as shortsighted regulation.
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September 25, 2023
A UPS subsidiary urged the D.C. Circuit not to toss the company's bid to reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision that found the business illegally refused to bargain with a Teamsters local, arguing the union lacks standing to seek dismissal of the appeal.
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September 25, 2023
The United Auto Workers filed an unfair labor practice charge against Republican Sen. Tim Scott's presidential campaign, telling the National Labor Relations Board that Scott's public endorsement of firing striking workers impeded upon his campaign staff's ability to exercise their rights under federal labor law.
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September 25, 2023
A Service Employees International Union local accused the operator of several office building cleaning companies of lying about going out of business in order to skip out on an arbitral award of over $20,000.
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September 25, 2023
The International Longshoremen's Association won't get a full Sixth Circuit review of a split panel decision to revive an Ohio port's suit alleging the union unlawfully orchestrated a boycott during a labor dispute because the circuit said the issues raised in the petition were already considered.
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September 22, 2023
A defense contractor violated federal labor law by using temporary workers without notifying the International Association of Machinists and delaying a response to the union's bid for information, the National Labor Relations Board said Friday, upholding an agency judge's decision from last year.
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September 22, 2023
A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected a renewed effort from a group of teachers unions to block a state law barring public sector unions from having dues deducted from members' paychecks, saying the change did not deprive them of their rights because they have other methods to collect dues.