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August 20, 2025
The Fifth Circuit's decision upholding injunctions against three National Labor Relations Board prosecutions after finding the agency's structure is likely unconstitutional will open an avenue for employers to fend off agency proceedings, experts said, but with the U.S. Supreme Court expected to weigh in, its impact could be short-lived.
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August 20, 2025
The NAACP and several unions can't halt the Trump administration from shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, a Maryland federal judge ruled, finding the U.S. Supreme Court's stays of lower court orders related to the agency's dismantling indicate the plaintiffs aren't likely to win on their claims.
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August 20, 2025
An ousted American Federation of Government Employees officer must accept a jury's conclusion that the union lawfully removed him from his position as national secretary-treasurer in 2018, a D.C. Circuit panel said, denying his bid for a new trial.
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August 20, 2025
A construction company challenged the National Labor Relations Board's claim that the business hasn't fully complied with a Sixth Circuit enforcement ruling regarding a union's information request, arguing the board's decision lacked specifics to warrant contempt proceedings.
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August 20, 2025
A farmworkers union cannot halt the U.S. Department of Labor from replacing 2020 prevailing wages with 2022 wage-survey results, a Washington federal judge ruled, saying the alleged harm is self-inflicted because the later wages were published following the union's actions.
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August 19, 2025
A Chicagoland hospital network pressured its nurses to work late and through their breaks without pay because it was so understaffed, a group of current and former nurses claimed in Illinois federal court, looking to recoup the pay they say they lost through a wage and hour lawsuit.
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August 19, 2025
Federal agencies are stripping their workers of labor rights after courts provisionally blessed an executive order excusing the agencies from bargaining in the name of national security, though much remains to resolve in a growing pile of union challenges to the president's order.
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August 19, 2025
A group of nonprofits and a union added claims to their suit in Maryland federal court aiming to stop the Trump administration from dismantling AmeriCorps, accusing the Office of Management and Budget of unlawfully withholding millions of dollars appropriated by Congress for grant programs.
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August 19, 2025
The parent company of a Wisconsin paper mill's owner has escaped the United Steelworkers' claim that it must arbitrate a subcontracting grievance filed against the mill's former owner, with a Wisconsin federal judge ruling that only the current owner needs to deal with the grievance.
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August 19, 2025
A group of retirees and the United Steelworkers urged the Seventh Circuit not to pause a lower court's order requiring Alcoa USA Corp. to reinstate lifetime access to a healthcare plan, raising concerns about elderly retirees dying and not receiving benefits.
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August 19, 2025
A cannabis store challenging New York's requirement that marijuana businesses have labor peace agreements with employees asserted on Monday that the state's arguments in favor of the case's dismissal were unavailing.
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August 19, 2025
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld injunctions barring the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other companies, saying the removal protections that federal labor law gives board members and agency judges likely violate the U.S. Constitution.
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August 18, 2025
Four unions representing federal workers challenged the Trump administration's request to end an amended lawsuit fighting the efforts to downsize the federal workforce, telling a D.C. federal judge that the government is trying to send claims to administrative agencies that are nonfunctional.
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August 18, 2025
Airgas' collective bargaining agreement with a Teamsters local in Allentown, Pennsylvania, protects its workers' right to respect picket lines, the local told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday, asking him to toss the gas supplier's claim that the workers' refusal to cross a picket line was a strike that violated the contract.
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August 18, 2025
Amazon violated federal labor law by threatening workers and cracking down on union displays in response to an organizing campaign at its Kentucky air hub, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Monday, saying the company did not have legitimate business reasons for taking the action.
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August 18, 2025
AmeriCorps told a Maryland federal judge Monday that the agency restored around $400 million in funding to nonprofits canceled under the Trump administration in April, saying the government doesn't plan to ax grants before they end.
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August 18, 2025
Six employees who oversee healthcare technology at Kaiser Permanente's Northern California facilities can vote on union representation, a National Labor Relations Board official has said, rejecting the healthcare giant's argument that the cybersecurity aspect of the workers' jobs makes them union-ineligible security guards.
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August 18, 2025
An Illinois appellate panel on Friday reversed a labor board's finding that Governors State University failed to bargain over a change to a policy that allowed its union-backed academic employees to complete some classes at participating universities with tuition and fees waived, saying the decision to discontinue those waivers was made by the other schools.
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August 15, 2025
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors amended an unfair labor practice case seeking a Cemex bargaining order against Wells Fargo, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by Law360 on Friday, adding a claim that the bank illegally disciplined a union supporter.
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August 15, 2025
An Eighth Circuit panel must reconsider its decision to vacate a National Labor Relations Board ruling about a Starbucks manager's remarks during a union organizing drive, the board argued, claiming the panel did not apply the proper test for reviewing threats about wages and benefits.
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August 15, 2025
A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Friday reinstated a retired federal worker's discrimination lawsuit against a government workers union, with the majority pushing back on arguments that the allegations must be funneled through a special administrative process outside the courtroom.
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August 15, 2025
The Association of Flight Attendants, a union organizer and a group of current and former SkyWest flight attendants have asked a Utah federal judge to toss most of the counterclaims in their suit accusing the airline of undermining a union drive, saying the SkyWest Inflight Association can't substantiate its allegations against them.
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August 15, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board's acting general counsel opined Friday that federal law blocks pending state proposals to take on the agency's labor relations oversight even when the board can't perform certain functions because it lacks a quorum.
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August 15, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a case challenging federal layoffs that paid a visit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 15, 2025
This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will hear arguments over a bid to certify a class of female former employees at Bloomberg LP who claim they were systematically paid less than their male counterparts.