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July 11, 2025
Two AT&T subsidiaries serving Indiana and Ohio violated federal labor law by withholding information from a pair of Communications Workers of America locals and failing to bargain over changes to how workers can take time off to conduct union business, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.
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July 11, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential initial sign-off on a $50 million deal between Google and Black workers who alleged the technology giant discriminated against them based on race. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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July 10, 2025
A California company that runs a chain of dialysis centers is challenging a National Labor Relations Board regional director's decision to certify a union at its Hollister, California, facility, arguing Thursday that the official shouldn't have been able to certify the union while the board lacks a quorum.
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July 10, 2025
A nonprofit providing janitorial services to the city of Portland urged an Oregon federal judge to block the city's enforcement of a requirement for the contractor to execute a labor peace agreement with a union, arguing the mandate infringes on the First Amendment by making employers stay neutral.
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July 10, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board's lack of a quorum does not stop regional directors from considering union election petitions, an agency official determined Thursday, tossing a vehicle manufacturer's challenge to employees seeking a vote on representation by the United Auto Workers.
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July 10, 2025
The full Fourth Circuit should affirm a Maryland federal judge's decision to block the White House's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration data, two unions and a retirees' advocacy group argued, saying that dissolving the injunction would violate their members' right to privacy.
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July 10, 2025
A group of restaurants in Savannah, Georgia, violated federal labor law by firing workers who went on strike and making threats in response to union organizing, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding the employees' protest was protected under federal labor law.
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July 09, 2025
An Indiana federal judge correctly ruled that a court, not an arbitrator, should have decided whether a policy dispute between Republic Airways and a Teamsters local was arbitrable, the regional airline told the Seventh Circuit, asking the appellate court to affirm that the arbitrator overstepped by making the call.
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July 09, 2025
Boston University defeated a former maintenance employee's lawsuit alleging the school bungled its investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against him, with a Massachusetts federal judge ruling the worker's claim was preempted by federal labor law because it required examining his union contract.
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July 09, 2025
President Donald Trump's picks to be the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and fill a vacancy on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will face their first test next week at a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
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July 09, 2025
Workers at a Salt Lake City cannabis dispensary can't vote on representation by a Teamsters local, a National Labor Relations Board regional director determined, saying federal labor law blocks an election with a subunit of workers who participated in a decertification vote within the last year.
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July 09, 2025
A benefit plan administration company said it shouldn't have to face a lawsuit claiming a union pension fund paid $2.4 million in interest because the administrator paid benefits on the wrong day of the month, arguing in Pennsylvania federal court that it wasn't acting as a fiduciary.
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July 09, 2025
A National Labor Relations Board judge properly tossed a former Miami Beach hotel worker's claim that the hotel maintained an unlawful rule pertaining to communications with customers, the employer told the NLRB, asking the board to affirm the judge's dismissal of the case.
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July 09, 2025
A New York City nonprofit that operates youth homeless shelters was denied its request for discovery and a hearing as part of an injunction bid it faces from the National Labor Relations Board, a federal judge ruled, finding relevant evidence would not arise from such proceedings.
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July 08, 2025
The city of Chicago defeated allegations that the genetic information of two employees was taken when their spouses took part in a wellness program, with an Illinois federal judge finding that evidence does not back the claims that detailed information was disclosed in violation of federal law.
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July 08, 2025
A Maryland federal judge determined that the Trump administration must reinstate hundreds of AmeriCorps employees and restore $400 million in funding and grants to nonprofits, saying public interest and a balance of equities favor a preliminary injunction.
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July 08, 2025
A District of Columbia Circuit panel erred last week by blocking a court order that had reinstated a fired Federal Labor Relations Authority member in March, the member told the full D.C. Circuit, asking the court to reverse the block and let her keep her job.
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July 08, 2025
The D.C. Circuit refused to reopen a teacher's lawsuit claiming D.C. Public Schools violated an agreement settling sexual harassment allegations when it declined to rehire him, ruling Tuesday the pact only guaranteed that he would be allowed to reapply for teaching jobs.
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July 08, 2025
The farmworker unionization schemes in California and New York are under threat as groups of workers join growers in probing the courts' appetite to limit states' powers to give farmworkers the rights to unionize and collectively bargain.
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July 08, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration can move forward with its plans for large-scale layoffs and reorganizations at various federal departments and agencies, lifting a California federal judge's order that had paused the efforts while a legal challenge continues.
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July 08, 2025
The Sixth Circuit must uphold a National Labor Relations Board decision dinging a construction company for unlawfully locking out workers to make their union negotiate, the board argued, saying it correctly interpreted nearly 70-year-old agency precedent about withdrawing from multiemployer bargaining.
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July 07, 2025
The Fifth Circuit on Monday reversed the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that Apple illegally interrogated a leader of a Manhattan store organizing campaign and confiscated union flyers, saying the manager's questions were benign and the confiscations were routine tidying.
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July 07, 2025
The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette told the Third Circuit Monday that the National Labor Relations Board was impermissibly dictating business decisions for the struggling newspaper when it ruled the paper's contract proposals were unacceptable and made in bad faith.
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July 07, 2025
Major League Baseball's pension plan doubled down Monday on its argument that a woman who married a retired Cincinnati Reds pitcher seven weeks before he died cannot collect surviving spouse benefits, saying marriages must last a year for spouses to qualify.
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July 07, 2025
The second half of the year could be consequential for labor law practitioners as courts consider challenges to National Labor Relations Board rulings easing bargaining orders and limiting how employers can respond to union election campaigns. Here, Law360 looks at these and other cases to watch in the second half.