February 20, 2024
The Second Circuit declined Tuesday to revive a race bias suit from a Hispanic office cleaner who said her union unlawfully failed to press a grievance about her workload, saying the worker hadn't shown that prejudice influenced the union's decision making.
February 13, 2024
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday scrutinized the parameters of a Service Employees International Union member's claim that her local unit didn't pursue her workload grievance because she's Hispanic, although the judges didn't send any clear signals as to their thinking.
January 31, 2024
The Second Circuit has a busy month ahead in the employment sphere, taking on a whistleblower case against Barclays, a national origin bias claim against a major property service union and a race discrimination battle against the Fashion Institute of Technology. Here's a look at these oral argument sessions, plus one before the Ninth Circuit, that discrimination lawyers should be watching this month.
October 18, 2023
A district court rightly tossed a Hispanic union member's race bias and fair duty of representation claims against a Service Employees International Union local, the union told the Second Circuit, saying evidence doesn't show the union discriminated against the worker by not arbitrating her grievances.