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April 26, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential ruling on whether to dismiss Wells Fargo & Co. from a proposed wage and hour class and collective action. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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April 26, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will hear a former TD Bank manager's attempt to revive his suit claiming he was fired from his branch because he requested parental leave and because of his gender. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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April 25, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal jury on Thursday night was unable to reach a verdict in the government's case alleging former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty threatened a Live! Casino construction contractor with "financial ruin" if he didn't pay his electrician nephew for work he didn't perform, marking a mistrial for the previously twice-convicted union figurehead and his relative.
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April 25, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board upheld on Thursday a judge's findings that Starbucks managers in Michigan illegally solicited worker complaints, threatened workers and removed pro-union notes from a community board, but declined prosecutors' push to use the case to revisit two precedents.
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April 25, 2024
A Kentucky federal judge ordered ADT on Thursday to resume recognizing an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local and let the union walk back certain changes to work conditions that the company implemented after withdrawing recognition.
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April 25, 2024
Starbucks violated federal labor law by barring a worker from recording a disciplinary meeting and later terminating that pro-union employee from a store near St. Louis, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Thursday, calling for the coffee chain to reinstate the barista and make them whole.
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April 25, 2024
The trustees of an International Union of Painters and Allied Trades benefits fund accused a Michigan painting company of violating a collective bargaining agreement by not making contributions and subcontracting work to a related entity in an attempt to evade its obligations.
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April 25, 2024
A Washington federal judge has ordered Amazon to comply with a U.S. Department of Labor subpoena seeking information about how much the company spent funding executives' travel to Staten Island, New York, to oppose a union organizing drive, saying the information is relevant to a DOL investigation.
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April 25, 2024
A Brooklyn federal judge expressed displeasure Thursday with how federal litigation between rival factions inside a nascent Staten Island, New York, union representing Amazon warehouse workers has been conducted, saying it has wasted time and raising the possibility of sanctions.
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April 25, 2024
A company that fuels airplanes at major U.S. airports asked a New York federal judge to dismiss a $157,000 suit accusing it of underfunding a Teamsters healthcare plan, saying the plan trustees filed the suit too late and can't prove the company owes the money.
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April 25, 2024
A group of workers at some of a blood collection nonprofit's locations in the Seattle area can vote on whether to unionize with a Teamsters local, a National Labor Relations Board official determined, rejecting the employer's claim that three more facilities should be included in the election.
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April 24, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor recently determined that a subcontractor "repeatedly misclassified" employees who worked on 25 federal highway construction projects in Pennsylvania, according to a notice filed in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday in a lawsuit against three construction firms.
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April 24, 2024
The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that Starbucks must recognize its Seattle roastery workers' April 2022 vote to unionize, overruling the coffee giant's contention that ballots should have been cast in person and concluding a National Labor Relations Board manager had discretion to call the mail-in election because of COVID-19 case counts at the time.
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April 24, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board told a Texas federal judge it should disregard SpaceX's "last ditch" effort to keep a case challenging the employment agency's constitutionality in the Lone Star State, arguing that the rocket company is revisiting arguments the court already decided.
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April 24, 2024
The reasoning behind a National Labor Relations Board official's recent decision dismissing a union representation petition due to a pending case in which prosecutors are seeking a bargaining order could delay representation for workers in some circumstances and change how unions respond to unfair labor practices, experts said.
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April 24, 2024
The Tenth Circuit upheld on Wednesday the dismissal of a former U.S. Postal Service employee's duty of fair representation claims against a National Association of Letter Carriers affiliate in Colorado over the resolution of his termination grievance.
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April 24, 2024
A Kalamazoo, Michigan-based solar company must follow an arbitration board's order to remit unpaid wages to two workers and unpaid contributions to a group of union benefit funds, a Michigan federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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April 24, 2024
Ivy League schools may eliminate certain varsity sports if college athletes can unionize, the Ivy League athletic conference has told the National Labor Relations Board, urging the board to reverse a precedent-setting decision that allowed Dartmouth College's men's basketball team to unionize.
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April 24, 2024
Sun Country Airlines asked a Minnesota federal court to toss retaliation claims brought by the Teamsters on behalf of workers who were involved in an organizing drive, saying the union cannot bring allegations for employees who aren't named plaintiffs.
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April 23, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to hold that the courts' traditional factors apply when the National Labor Relations Board pursues injunctions, though it's unclear from Tuesday's argument how closely it will direct courts to examine a key factor: the strength of the board's case.
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April 23, 2024
California healthcare attorneys are preparing for the state's first cap on healthcare spending proposed by a new state office tasked with making care affordable. Industry leaders are sharply split on the viability of a proposed 3% target, which some say may ultimately do more harm than good for a state suffering from skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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April 23, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a decision in which it lessened the standard for issuing bargaining orders against employers who commit labor law violations in response to organizing, saying the revised approach will better deter unfair labor practices.
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April 23, 2024
An Apple Store in Oklahoma City has agreed to restore the sick time of workers who took off for COVID-19 since last August, pursuant to a recently announced settlement of an unfair labor practice charge filed by the workers' union.
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April 23, 2024
The successor owner of Washington state refinery argued the company isn't responsible for a back pay award to a worker fired after posting a meme, saying the previous owner, Shell, is liable for the payments in a United Steelworkers grievance and arbitration dispute.
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April 23, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board official has cleared instructors at a ski resort in the Seattle area to vote on union representation during the next ski season.