June 29, 2023
The Ninth Circuit stood by its decision to free an Oregon television station from the obligation to recognize a National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians local Thursday, tossing National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' request for the court to reconsider its holding.
February 03, 2023
An Oregon television station owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. told the Ninth Circuit on Friday to deny National Labor Relations Board attorneys' bid for the full court to reconsider a ruling that ended an injunction making the broadcaster bargain with a union.
January 20, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board urged the full Ninth Circuit to review a split-panel decision wiping out an injunction that forced a broadcaster to resume dealing with a union, saying the majority overstepped U.S. Supreme Court precedent by nullifying a moot order.
December 05, 2022
A divided Ninth Circuit panel vacated an emergency injunction Monday forcing a broadcaster to resume dealing with a union, faulting a district court for inferring that the company's rebuke would undermine union support despite the National Labor Relations Board's lack of evidence.
October 06, 2021
A Ninth Circuit panel probed the legal hurdles the National Labor Relations Board must clear to win court orders rectifying alleged labor violations Wednesday during arguments on an Oregon broadcaster's challenge to an order making it bargain with its workers' longtime union.
May 28, 2021
The National Labor Relations Board urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to uphold an Oregon federal judge's injunction ordering a broadcaster to recognize and bargain with a union, saying the company offered no concrete evidence that a majority of unit employees had abandoned their union.
May 03, 2021
An Oregon federal judge threatened to upset the traditional test for preliminary injunctions and defied U.S. Supreme Court precedent with an order requiring a broadcaster to bargain with a broadcast workers union, the broadcaster told the Ninth Circuit.
April 16, 2021
The Ninth Circuit has left in place an Oregon federal judge's order requiring a Portland television station to recognize and bargain with a broadcast workers' union, rejecting the company's bid to stay the order during its appeal.
April 13, 2021
The National Labor Relations Board urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject a television station operator's bid to pause an order requiring it to recognize and bargain with a broadcast workers' union, arguing the stay would let the company benefit from violating federal labor law.