Unite Here v. Wilton Rancheria

  1. September 30, 2024

    UNITE HERE Calls For Contempt Order Against Calif. Tribe

    A Native American tribe in California hasn't followed a district court's order compelling arbitration about a representation process with a card check procedure at a casino, UNITE HERE argued, seeking an order to hold the tribe in contempt.

  2. August 26, 2024

    UNITE HERE Calls Tribe's Bid To Nix Arbitration Award Flawed

    A Native American tribe's attempt to escape a memorandum of agreement with UNITE HERE is "riddled with procedural and substantive flaws," the union has argued, asking a California federal judge to toss the tribe's bid to vacate an arbitration award requiring the tribe to comply with the pact.

  3. August 08, 2024

    Tribe Must Arbitrate Union Card Check Dispute, Judge Says

    A California tribe that owns a casino must go to arbitration with UNITE HERE over a spat concerning a representation process with a card check procedure, a federal district court has determined, saying the parties agreed to arbitrate disputes about interpretations of a 2017 accord.

  4. August 01, 2024

    Calif. Tribe Can't Toss Casino Card Check Award, For Now

    A California tribe's bid to nix an arbitration award over an authorization card check process with UNITE HERE can't proceed for now, a federal judge ruled, saying the tribe's counsel didn't discuss the motion with the union's attorney before submitting it.

  5. July 26, 2024

    Calif. Forecast: Warehouse Worker Carveout Args At 9th Circ.

    In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit regarding whether warehouse workers are interstate transportation workers and therefore exempt from federal arbitration requirements. Here's a look at that proposed class action and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.

  6. July 09, 2024

    Calif. Tribe Wants Nix Of Casino Card Check Arbitration Award

    An arbitration award that required a California tribe to comply with a union authorization card check process at a casino should be nixed, the tribe has told a federal judge, arguing a tribal ordinance mapping out a procedure for a secret ballot election must be followed instead.

  7. January 19, 2024

    Calif. Forecast: $3.2M Red Robin Wage Deal Up For Approval

    In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential preliminary sign-off on a $3.2 million settlement in a proposed wage and hour class action against restaurant chain Red Robin. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.

  8. December 19, 2023

    Calif. Tribe Says Union Must Wait To Finish Labor Arbitration

    A California tribe is seeking to dismiss allegations it refused to select an arbitrator to count signed cards that would allow casino employees to unionize, arguing the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the issue and the claims are unripe, as talks between the parties have already started.

  9. November 30, 2023

    Tribe Accused Of Holding Up Casino Workers' Unionization

    A Native American tribe is delaying its casino employees' unionization process by refusing to select an arbitrator to count signed union cards, which it must do under a 2017 agreement outlining the organizing process, UNITE HERE claimed in a suit filed in California federal court.