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October 27, 2023
A Georgia manufacturer unlawfully refused to hire three workers who were organizers for a pipefitters union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, in a case that could be a vehicle to make it harder for employers to defeat accusations of hiring discrimination against so-called union salts.
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October 27, 2023
Shell Oil asked a Washington federal judge to toss the United Steelworkers' bid to enforce a rehire order for a worker fired after posting a meme that management deemed offensive, saying it's too early for court enforcement because back pay is still being worked out with the arbitrator.
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October 27, 2023
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential final approval of a $3 million settlement in a wage and hour class action by more than 1,000 medical interpreters. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in the state.
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October 27, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board tossed an Alaskan military contractor's allegations that a union used a benefits lawsuit to pressure the company to assign work to its members, saying the suit cannot be definitively attributed to the union because it was filed by a union benefits fund's trustees.
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October 27, 2023
The Second Circuit this week will consider a Black former New York City transit police officer's lawsuit claiming he was discriminated against on the basis of his race when he was disciplined for overtime violations and eventually fired. Here, Law360 explores this and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in New York.
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October 27, 2023
This week's Off the Bench features Baylor University facing accountability, an NHL player put in the penalty box for sports betting and the NCAA striking out on stopping the NLRB's quest on behalf of college athletes. If you were sidelined this week, Law360 breaks down all the sports and betting stories that had our readers buzzing.
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October 26, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board's revision Thursday to its test for deciding whether linked entities are joint employers under federal labor law represents a major shift from the rule it replaces and is bound to bring a bevy of legal challenges by business groups. Here, Law360 looks at these and other takeaways from the board's latest joint employer rule.
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October 26, 2023
The Georgia Ports Authority supported its South Carolina counterpart Thursday by urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit ruling allowing a dockworkers' union to sue shippers for using a partially nonunion state-run port, saying the ruling runs afoul of laws prohibiting so-called secondary boycotts.
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October 26, 2023
Workers United can't intervene in National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' bid for a federal court injunction that would compel Starbucks to rehire about 33 workers in Seattle, a Washington federal judge ruled Thursday, holding that the prosecutors will adequately represent the union's interests.
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October 26, 2023
Former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty asked a Philadelphia federal judge to order a third delay for his November embezzlement trial, arguing his counsel is buried under the case's "voluminous" discovery and starting on the scheduled date would deny him proper preparation.
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October 26, 2023
UPS and a Teamsters local defeated a former package handler's suit claiming he was fired because he's Pacific Islander and asked for time off after he injured his knee, with a Florida federal judge ruling Thursday that he raised his allegations too late.
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October 26, 2023
A New York City mental health care center violated federal labor law when it refused to execute a union contract because its board of directors didn't approve of the agreement, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying board approval wasn't a precondition for contract execution.
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October 26, 2023
The Third Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a former brakeman's proposed collective action claiming Union Railroad Co. targeted older workers with "last chance" agreements to make them easier to get rid of, finding his allegations were too flimsy to stay in court.
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October 26, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board issued a hotly anticipated rule Thursday making it easier for employees of franchisees and staffing agencies to show that the franchisor or user firm under which they serve is their joint employer and force them to the bargaining table.
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October 25, 2023
The operator of a New Jersey rehabilitation center shouldn't face fines for the National Labor Relations Board's claims that the company didn't comply with a Third Circuit judgment, a federal magistrate judge recommended Wednesday, but she found that the operator should pay agency attorney fees.
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October 25, 2023
Lead negotiators for the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday with Ford Motor Co. on a new labor contract that would end the six-week strike at one of Detroit's Big Three automakers if members vote to approve the deal.
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October 25, 2023
A New Orleans bus driver and union leader who was fired after a verbal altercation with the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's CEO lost her bid to revive her lawsuit challenging the termination, with the Fifth Circuit saying she failed to raise a key argument before the lower court.
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October 25, 2023
A vote by hundreds of doctors to unionize with a Service Employees International Union affiliate highlights the recent trend of private-sector physicians turning to organized labor, with workers motivated by changes in the industry that have given them less control over patient care and concerns about work-life balance.
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October 25, 2023
A printing workers union accused the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of switching up its stance about a merger agreement between them, telling a D.C. federal judge that the Teamsters can't lean on an arbitrator's decision to argue that the agreement is still active.
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October 25, 2023
Starbucks Corp. has tapped a Williams & Connolly LLP partner, one of the country's leading appellate attorneys, to lead a Third Circuit appeal of the National Labor Relations Board's decision that the company illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas for attempting to form a union in their cafe.
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October 25, 2023
A trio of former firefighters in Meriden, Connecticut, are not entitled to a recalculation of their pension benefits based on an arbitration award that was granted after their retirement, the justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court heard Wednesday.
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October 25, 2023
Massachusetts ballot proposals addressing protections for ride-hail drivers and tipped workers move forward, New York joins the list of states with a salary transparency law, and California expands sick leave requirements. Here, Law360 explores these and other state and local wage and hour developments attorneys should know.
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October 24, 2023
Statements Starbucks made on a website designed to dissuade employees from unionizing violate federal labor law, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled in a decision that also found the company committed various unfair labor practices at a San Pablo, California, store.
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October 24, 2023
A Washington state court commissioner granted a temporary hold on workplace safety records that Amazon wants to prevent the state's labor department from releasing to a Seattle daily newspaper that include employee complaints, warehouse inspection reports and documents related to four citations.
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October 24, 2023
Unions and businesses have already started making strategy changes in the two months following a National Labor Relations Board decision that shook up the representation election process and lightened the standard for bargaining orders, but attorneys say the response to the ruling will continue to change over time.