Judge Raises Eyebrow At DHS Move To Scrap TSA Union Deal

By Braden Campbell

A Washington federal judge seemed troubled by the government's February move to rip up a union deal covering Transportation Security Administration workers, but didn't tip her hand at a hearing Tuesday as to whether she thinks the American Federation of Government Employees deserves an injunction.

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Split 5th Circ. Tosses NLRB's 12-Year-Old Back Pay Order

By Emily Brill

A split Fifth Circuit panel has denied the National Labor Relations Board's request to enforce a 2013 back pay order against a Louisiana plumbing company, with the majority saying it's unfair to make a mom-and-pop shop that's recovering from two floods pay out roughly $100,000 over a decade-old matter.

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1st Circ. Axes NLRB's Northeastern Police Bargaining Order

By Beverly Banks

The First Circuit quashed a National Labor Relations Board decision ordering Northeastern University in Boston to negotiate with a union representing campus police department employees, determining the board strayed from precedent when finding sergeants are not supervisors under federal labor law.

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Judge Says Kaiser, UFCW Staffing Fight Belongs In Arbitration

By Emily Brill

A United Food and Commercial Workers local and a Colorado healthcare group affiliated with Kaiser Permanente must resolve their understaffing dispute in arbitration, a Colorado federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the evidence presented at a six-day bench trial revealed that the fight is arbitrable.

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Judge Lets United, Teamsters Appeal Arb. Order At 9th Circ.

By Beverly Banks

United Airlines and the Teamsters can appeal a lower court order concluding that the Railway Labor Act gives individual airline employees the right to take their grievances to arbitration despite the union's objection, a California federal judge ruled, saying a Ninth Circuit ruling could end the case.

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Conn. Firefighters Say Age Bias Taints Retirement Program

By Patrick Hoff

Connecticut's municipal employee pension system unlawfully barred a group of firefighters with over two decades of service from participating in a deferred retirement program because they're under 55 years old, the workers and their union claimed in a federal lawsuit.

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United Inks Tentative Contract With Flight Attendants Union

By Grace Elletson

A union representing 28,000 United Airlines flight attendants has struck a tentative deal with the airline on a five-year employment contract, hailing the agreement as a "historic" pact that comes with a pay bump and other benefits for its workers.

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Stellantis, UAW Agree To Drop Dispute Over Colo. Strike Vote

By Ryan Harroff

Stellantis and a United Auto Workers affiliate representing the company's Denver parts distribution center have agreed to drop their dispute over a December strike authorization vote, according to a joint stipulation for dismissal filed by the parties in Colorado federal court.

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Vice Media VP Rejoins Ogletree In NYC

By Michele Gorman

A seasoned BigLaw attorney who left Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC five years ago to move into an in-house legal position at Vice Media has rejoined the labor and employment law firm Tuesday as a shareholder.

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What Employers Should Know About New Wash. WARN Act

Washington state's Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act will soon require 60 days' notice for certain mass layoffs and business closures, so employers should understand how their obligations differ from those under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act before implementing layoffs or closings, say attorneys at Littler.

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