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March 25, 2024
The federal funding bill President Joe Biden signed over the weekend keeps the National Labor Relations Board's budget at a little under $300 million for the rest of the fiscal year and maintains a longstanding bar against holding union elections electronically.
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March 25, 2024
The Seventh Circuit reversed a Teamsters pension fund's $2.3 million win in a dispute over withdrawal liability against a bulk transport company, finding that a lower court properly denied the union attorney fees but erred in ruling in the union's favor on the merits of the case.
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March 25, 2024
Boeing violated federal labor law by laying off union-represented flight training airplane instructor pilots after they voted against decertifying their bargaining representative, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the company was punishing the pilots for failing to oust the union after two opportunities.
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March 25, 2024
An arbitrator properly determined that the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't an "act of God" that excused a Starbucks distributor's reduction of hours for Teamsters-represented workers, an Illinois federal judge ruled, nixing the company's claim that the award didn't stem from the parties' labor contract.
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March 22, 2024
A Michigan federal judge on Friday warned a union worker alleging the United Auto Workers mismanaged her claim for benefits that she could have her lawsuit dismissed if she doesn't respond to the union's request to toss the accusations.
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March 22, 2024
A recent settlement in which a security company agreed to pay workers for withheld raises represents a win for the NLRB's top prosecutor in her initiative to compensate workers whose employers undermine bargaining, but the facts of the case mean there's not much to glean for other disputes, experts say.
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March 22, 2024
A former Sherman & Howard LLC attorney advising employers on union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining and unfair labor practice cases is now a Foley Hoag LLP partner in Denver, the firm announced, where he will bring 20-plus years of experience in private practice and as an NLRB attorney.
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March 22, 2024
A Georgia pipefitting company violated federal labor law when it prematurely terminated a project labor agreement with a union, then fired or rescinded job offers to 18 union-represented workers, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, upholding decisions by a National Labor Relations Board panel and an agency judge.
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March 22, 2024
An IBEW local is urging a Pennsylvania federal judge to grant it a quick win in its fight to send to arbitration a grievance challenging a nuclear power plant operator's healthcare benefits contributions, arguing that the dispute falls within the parameters of the union's collective bargaining agreement.
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March 22, 2024
Michigan appellate judges said it's common sense that taking a photograph isn't the same as overhearing a conversation, agreeing with a lower court that a union leader's eavesdropping claim against a rival should be tossed because an image of him posted online doesn't convey a private discussion.
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March 22, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board challenged an International Union of Operating Engineers local's "wholly inappropriate" sanctions bid against the agency at the Seventh Circuit, telling the appeals court that the union can't raise an argument related to the lawfulness of a punch-in policy for strike replacement workers.
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March 22, 2024
A Maryland home healthcare agency violated federal labor law by discharging an employee who'd asked about raise eligibility and taken issue with a training repayment scheme, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
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March 22, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a California federal court's final approval of an $18 million settlement in an age discrimination class action against HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the state.
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March 22, 2024
Four Jewish graduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed religious discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging their union illegally refused to let them withdraw from the labor group after they raised concerns about what they called its antisemitic leanings.
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March 22, 2024
In the coming week, the Second Circuit will consider a former Connecticut town employee's attempt to revive a lawsuit claiming she faced sexual harassment on the job without an adequate response from the town. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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March 21, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's Seattle office claimed SpaceX's severance agreement included confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses that violate federal labor law, according to a complaint copy obtained by Law360 on Thursday, with board prosecutors asking for a recorded notice reading scheduled for workers across the country to attend.
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March 21, 2024
The D.C. Circuit denied Thursday a request from an International Union of Operating Engineers local to transfer an appeal over a National Labor Relations Board decision to the Seventh Circuit, saying the union didn't prove that the move was warranted.
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March 21, 2024
Kroger violated federal labor law by ceasing to send workers' dues to their union amid negotiations for a new contract, a National Labor Relations Board judge said Thursday, rejecting the company's argument that prosecutors manipulated the case to take advantage of a change in the relevant precedent.
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March 21, 2024
Union Pacific can't rehire a worker who failed a breathalyzer test without violating federal regulations banning alcohol use by railroad employees, the railroad argued in Nebraska federal court, urging the court to strike down an arbitration board's reinstatement order.
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March 21, 2024
A Sixth Circuit panel pressed on Thursday a cargo airline and pilots who say they were unlawfully fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations about the pilots' union contract, with one judge asking whether the open questions about their collective bargaining agreement meant the discrimination case was preempted.
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March 21, 2024
A Missouri hospital violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from a Service Employees International Union affiliate after workers voted to oust it rather than waiting until the decertification election results were certified, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, upholding a board judge's finding.
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March 21, 2024
SkyWest Airlines and a group of ex-pilots asked a California federal judge to approve a $650,000 settlement ending a suit accusing the airline of failing to pay minimum wage, saying the deal is a more than fair and reasonable resolution.
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March 20, 2024
A Democratic lawmaker from Rhode Island proposed a bill Wednesday that would guarantee U.S. workers the ability to earn at least 10 paid vacation days per year — a move that could extend the benefit to almost 27 million people who lack access to compensated time off.
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March 20, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board official ordered a representation election among graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania, but left out of the bargaining unit some 300 student workers in biology and biomedical sciences programs, finding that the union previously said they shouldn't be included.
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March 20, 2024
A fired Connecticut police sergeant and his union can pursue a court appeal in an effort to reinstate his job because the decision at issue is a final, appealable judgment under a carveout in the applicable law, the state appeals court has ruled.