Labor

  • November 06, 2024

    Fla. Union Dues Law Halted For Unexpired Deals, Judge Says

    A Florida law's provision banning the deduction of union dues from public employees' paychecks is unconstitutional as to collective bargaining agreements that are still in effect for two Florida teachers unions, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  • November 06, 2024

    Legal Support Firm Seeks To Stop NLRB Litigation

    A legal support consulting firm demanded an injunction in Texas federal court to block National Labor Relations Board proceedings against it, pursuing constitutional claims about the agency's structure and alleging the NLRB tried to "bully" the employer into bargaining with an electrical workers union.

  • November 06, 2024

    EEOC, Union Still Can't Get Approval To End 53-Year-Old Suit

    A New York federal judge rejected the latest bid from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and an Ironworkers local for approval of a deal to end a decades-old race bias suit, finding Wednesday they still couldn't provide data showing racial hiring disparities had been eliminated.

  • November 06, 2024

    Alaska Voters On Brink Of Nixing Captive Audience Meetings

    Alaska voters are poised to approve a ballot measure restricting employers from holding so-called captive audience meetings in the state, which would make it the latest state to join a movement limiting the common anti-union tactic and the first to adopt the policy by ballot measure.

  • November 06, 2024

    NJ Nursing Home Loses 2nd Bid To Halt NLRB Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge shot down a nursing home operator's second attempt to use a constitutional argument to block National Labor Relations Board prosecutors from pursuing a case against the company, saying Wednesday that the company's second injunction bid too closely resembled its first failed bid.

  • November 06, 2024

    Amazon Calls For Halt To NLRB Delivery Drivers Proceeding

    Amazon urged a California federal judge to pause a National Labor Relations Board case alleging the e-commerce giant jointly employed its former contractor's Teamster-represented drivers, raising now-familiar claims that removal protections for agency officials violate the U.S. Constitution.

  • November 05, 2024

    An Early Look At Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist

    With former President Donald Trump projected to win the 2024 presidential election and the Republicans' success in securing the U.S. Senate majority, Trump may now get the chance to appoint two more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, cementing the court's conservative tilt for decades to come.

  • November 05, 2024

    GOP's Senate Win Hands Future Of The Judiciary To Trump

    Republicans were projected to take back the White House and Senate and possibly the House early Wednesday, putting the GOP in position to back Donald Trump's agenda and his slate of young, conservative judicial nominees. 

  • November 05, 2024

    The Firms With An Inside Track To A New Trump Admin

    Law firms that have represented Donald Trump and the Republican Party on everything from personal legal woes to election-related lawsuits could see the risks of that work pay dividends as Trump is projected to secure a second term in office.

  • November 05, 2024

    Wage Ballot Measures See Mixed Results In 4 States

    Voters on Tuesday approved statewide ballot measures that will raise the minimum wage and establish paid sick leave while rejecting those that would impact the tipped subminimum wage.

  • November 05, 2024

    Cannabis And Psychedelic Reform Bids Fail In Multiple States

    Efforts to liberalize cannabis and psychedelic laws via ballot initiatives met with defeat in multiple states on Election Day, dealing a blow to reformers of drug policies.

  • November 05, 2024

    Mich. Unemployment Claimants, UAW Seek Class Certification

    The United Auto Workers union and Michigan residents urged a federal judge Monday to certify a class of people who say the state suspended their unemployment payments without proper notice, a practice the claimants say violates a seven-year-old agreement with the state's unemployment insurance agency.  

  • November 05, 2024

    Trader Joe's Wine Shop Closure Was Legal, NLRB Judge Says

    Trader Joe's did not violate federal labor law by shuttering its Manhattan wine shop where union organizing was bubbling up, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Tuesday, saying agency prosecutors hadn't shown the grocery chain closed the store because of organizing efforts.

  • November 05, 2024

    NLRB Dings Vermont Software Co. Over 4 Workers' Firings

    A Vermont software development company violated federal labor law by firing a worker who created a salary spreadsheet and three workers who supported him, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday, upholding an agency judge's decision.

  • November 05, 2024

    NLRB Judge Orders 3rd Vote At Ala. Amazon Warehouse

    Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are poised to vote for a third time on whether to unionize after a National Labor Relations Board judge on Tuesday found the company interfered with the last vote by vilifying workers' prospective union and confiscating union flyers.

  • November 05, 2024

    Apple Unlawfully Interrogated Worker, CWA Tells 5th Circ.

    The National Labor Relations Board correctly found that Apple unlawfully interrogated a worker at a unionizing New York City store, the Communications Workers of America told the Fifth Circuit, saying the appellate court's decades-old test for determining whether there was coercive interrogation would yield the same result.

  • November 05, 2024

    Boeing Machinists Ratify New Contract, Ending Strike

    A majority of 33,000 Boeing employees represented by the Machinists union voted Monday to ratify a new labor contract that includes a 38% wage increase over four years, ending a nearly two-month strike that hampered Boeing's production and cash flow.

  • November 05, 2024

    UFCW Members' Claims Against Delegate System Are Nixed

    Two members of the United Food and Commercial Workers don't have standing to challenge the union's system of selecting convention delegates, a D.C. federal judge ruled, finding the plaintiffs couldn't show how they were harmed by the method for apportioning delegates by union local.

  • November 05, 2024

    AFL-CIO Backs NLRB In 5th Circ. Constitutional Challenge

    The AFL-CIO and one of its member unions have asked the Fifth Circuit to undo a trio of injunctions that blocked National Labor Relations Board cases from proceeding on constitutional grounds, saying the injunctions "perpetuate a much graver constitutional harm than they claim to remedy."

  • November 05, 2024

    Waste Co. Agrees To Settle Union Pension Withdrawal Suit

    A municipal waste company has agreed to resolve a Teamsters pension fund's lawsuit alleging that the company owes over $7.5 million to cover a predecessor's unpaid contributions, a New York federal judge said Tuesday.

  • November 05, 2024

    On The Ground: How Attorneys Safeguarded The Election

    Attorneys worked tirelessly Tuesday to support citizens and election workers on the final day of voting in one of history's most contentious presidential contests.

  • November 04, 2024

    NLRB Orders Diner To Read Notice About Breaking Labor Law

    An '80s-themed restaurant in Houston must read a notice out loud to workers after illegally terminating employees who went on strike, the National Labor Relations Board determined Monday, upholding an agency judge's unfair labor practice findings.

  • November 04, 2024

    Starbucks Fights NLRB's View On High Court Injunction Order

    The National Labor Relations Board isn't considering a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on what standards courts must apply to injunction requests under federal labor law, Starbucks argued to a Michigan federal judge, challenging the agency's bid to make the court order the company to reinstate a fired union backer.

  • November 04, 2024

    Grindr Return-To-Work Policy Was Retaliatory, NLRB Attys Say

    Grindr retaliated against its unionizing employees by giving them two weeks to either commit to returning to the office or resign, the National Labor Relations Board's Los Angeles office said in a new complaint against the gay dating app operator, saying 83 people lost their jobs as a result.

  • November 04, 2024

    NLRB Won't Redo Back Pay Precedent In Steakhouse Case

    The National Labor Relations Board has upheld a back pay order against a Manhattan steakhouse that fired 36 strikers a decade ago, but shot down board prosecutors' request to use the case to shift precedent on back pay calculations.

Expert Analysis

  • NYC Hotel Licensing Law's Costs May Outweigh Its Benefits

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    A hotel licensing bill recently approved by New York's City Council could lead to the loss of many nonunionized hotels that cannot afford to comply, says Stuart Saft at Holland & Knight.

  • How The Presidential Election Will Affect Workplace AI Regs

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    The U.S. has so far adopted a light-handed approach to regulating artificial intelligence in the labor and employment area, but the presidential election is unlikely to have as dramatic of an effect on AI regulations as it may on other labor and employment matters, say attorneys at Littler.

  • 8 Phrases Employers May Hear This Election Season

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    From sentiments about the First Amendment to questions about political paraphernalia, attorneys at Venable discuss several scenarios related to politics and voting that may arise in the workplace as election season comes to a head, and share guidance for handling each.

  • Inside FTC's Decision To Exit Key Merger Review Labor Memo

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    Despite the Federal Trade Commission's recent withdrawal from a multiagency memorandum of understanding to step up enforcement of labor issues in merger investigations, the antitrust agencies aren't likely to give up their labor market focus, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • Insights From Calif. Public Labor Board's Strike Rights Ruling

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    The California Public Employment Relations Board's recent rejection of a school district's claim that public employees have no right to conduct unfair labor practice strikes signals its interest in fortifying this central labor right — and warns employers to approach potentially protected behavior with caution, say attorneys at Atkinson Andelson.

  • Insurance Considerations For Cos. That May Face Strikes

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    The recent surge in major work stoppages in the U.S. highlights the growing importance of strike preparedness for businesses, which includes understanding strike insurance coverage options, say Chris D’Amour and Brooke Duncan at Adams and Reese.

  • It's Time To Sound The Alarm About Lost Labor Rights

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    In the Fifth Circuit, recent rulings from judges appointed by former President Donald Trump have dismantled workers’ core labor rights, a troubling trend that we cannot risk extending under another Trump administration, say Sharon Block and Raj Nayak at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy.

  • Insights On NLRB General Counsel's New 'Stay-Or-Pay' Memo

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    Attorneys at Davis Wright discuss the National Labor Relations Board general counsel's new memorandum on employer “stay-or-pay” policies and noncompete agreements, and explain key takeaways concerning the proposed financial remedies, prosecution framework and more.

  • Review Shipping Terms In Light Of These 3 Global Challenges

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    Given tensions in the Middle East, labor unrest at U.S. ports and the ongoing consequences of climate change, parties involved in maritime shipping must understand the relevant contract provisions and laws that may be implicated during supply chain disruptions in order to mitigate risks, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Politics In California Workplaces: What Employers Must Know

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    As the election looms, it is critical that California employers ensure their compliance with state laws providing robust protections for employees' political activity — including antidiscrimination laws, off-duty conduct laws, employee voting leave laws and more, say Bradford Kelley and Britney Torres at Littler.

  • Licensing And Protections For Voice Actors In The Age Of AI

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    While two recently enacted California laws and other recent state and federal legislation largely focus on protecting actors and musicians from the unauthorized use of their digital likenesses by generative artificial intelligence systems, the lesser-known community of professional voice actors also stands to benefit, says attorney Scott Mortman.

  • How Cos. Can Protect Supply Chains During The Port Strike

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    With dock workers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts launching a strike that will likely cause severe supply chain disruptions, there are several steps exporters and importers can take to protect their businesses and mitigate increased costs, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • How NLRB Memo Balances Schools' Labor, Privacy Concerns

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    Natale DiNatale at Robinson & Cole highlights the recent National Labor Relations Board advice memorandum that aims to help colleges reconcile competing obligations under the National Labor Relations Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act as university students flock toward unionization.