June 12, 2024
The Second Circuit vacated on Wednesday a New York federal judge's order barring Amazon from firing workers for engaging in union activity, saying the judge did not explain why she imposed the broad prohibition while at the same time finding the company did not have to rehire a fired union activist.
November 16, 2023
A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Thursday of an injunction a New York federal judge issued barring Amazon from firing workers over their union activity, with two judges questioning whether there was enough evidence to justify such a broad order based on the firing of a single activist.
November 09, 2023
This coming week, Amazon will urge the Second Circuit to reverse a lower court judge's injunction in a National Labor Relations Board lawsuit that ordered the company to stop firing workers for their union activity. Here, Law360 explores this and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in New York.
June 29, 2023
The Second Circuit should uphold a federal court injunction requiring Amazon to stop terminating employees for engaging in organizing activities, the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel argued, saying the lower court's decision is necessary to prevent the company from infringing on workers' rights.
April 07, 2023
Amazon is fighting a New York federal judge's injunction that could lead to a fine if the company fires any worker for organizing activity, telling the Second Circuit that injunctions that "simply reconfirm an employer's existing obligations" under federal labor law are too general to stand.