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July 22, 2024
A union pension fund that claims it lost $30 million due to bad investment advice it received in the mid-2010s missed its chance to challenge that advice, an investment advisory firm argued in California federal court, saying the fund blew past its deadline to sue and didn't qualify for an extension.
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July 22, 2024
A group of plumbing technicians can vote on union representation, a National Labor Relations Board regional director concluded, saying the election will move forward despite a company's claim that "supervisory taint" affected employees' unionization bid.
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July 22, 2024
A California federal judge has tossed a group of SAG-AFTRA members' claims that the union betrayed them by allowing studios to impose vaccine mandates after the pandemic, saying the workers' state-level claims are preempted by the Labor Management Relations Act and a federal-level claim is untimely.
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July 22, 2024
The labor movement praised President Joe Biden's record in the wake of his announcement Sunday that he will not seek reelection, and began to shift support toward Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.
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July 22, 2024
A provision dealing with subcontracting work in a contract between seven California United Food and Commercial Workers locals and a Kroger subsidiary violates federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board determined, with two board members signaling an interest in reviewing the board's analysis for such clauses.
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July 22, 2024
Tanvir Rahman of Filippatos PLLC secured a $12 million settlement for a former Fox News producer who said she was used as a scapegoat during the network's legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2024
Tech giant Meta violated federal labor law by offering laid-off employees separation agreements with "overly broad language" barring them from discussing employment terms or conditions, a National Labor Relations Board judge found on Friday.
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July 19, 2024
A group of security guards at four upstate New York pharmaceutical facilities can vote on union representation, a National Labor Relations Board official said Friday, rejecting their employer's argument that some are union-ineligible supervisors and greenlighting an election for next month.
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July 19, 2024
The practice of labor law is defined by its ideological divide, and few attorneys who start on one side of the labor-management split ever move to the other. Those who have say the move can invite scorn from their former side even as it provides professional satisfaction and a unique perspective on the practice.
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July 19, 2024
A Minnesota restaurant violated the National Labor Relations Act when it put a former server and bartender on probation and then fired her for complaining about her shifts and wages being cut, a National Labor Relations Board judge found.
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July 19, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board dropped its appeal of a Texas federal judge's decision vacating its rule expanding its definition of joint employer under federal labor law, saying it wants to consider its approach to the policy in light of the court's decision.
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July 19, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for the potential final approval of a $5 million deal to end a class action against a nurse staffing agency. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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July 19, 2024
The D.C. Circuit should uphold the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that property management company JLL illegally snubbed the union voted in by a group of California maintenance technicians, board attorneys said, urging the court to reject JLL's argument that the election was tainted.
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July 19, 2024
The AFL-CIO backed the National Labor Relations Board's effort to keep a ruling that Home Depot unlawfully forced a worker to remove a Black Lives Matter message from their apron, telling the Eighth Circuit the decision doesn't affect the chain's freedom of speech.
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July 19, 2024
Douglas J. Klein of Jackson Lewis PC has defended employers against class and collective actions, including federal court cases involving a "naked" class waiver at Insomnia Cookies and wage-and-hour claims against New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, earning him a spot among employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2024
A status conference is scheduled this week in the National Labor Relations Board's recently revived suit seeking an injunction barring Starbucks from violating federal labor law at stores across the country.
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July 18, 2024
Teamsters President Sean O'Brien's speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention has sparked controversy within the union and broader labor movement as organized labor kicks into gear for a prominent role in the upcoming presidential election.
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July 18, 2024
The Fifth Circuit should block claims that SpaceX violated labor law from proceeding before the National Labor Relations Board because the company has a good shot at winning its constitutional challenge to the agency's structure, SpaceX argued.
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July 18, 2024
The Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that a former CSX Transporation Inc. engineer waited too long to try to revive his wrongful termination suit stemming from his firing over an online post he made about a fatal train accident.
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July 18, 2024
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers LLC and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union have resolved unfair labor practice claims at a New Jersey store, according to a copy of the settlement obtained by Law360, with the company agreeing to training for management on federal labor law.
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July 18, 2024
An International Longshoremen's Association local violated federal labor law by threatening workers who take part in National Labor Relations Board proceedings, an agency judge determined, saying the union's president unlawfully stated that people who file unfair labor practice claims "would be dealt with."
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July 18, 2024
Allowing the United Auto Workers to withhold information from the court-appointed monitor overseeing its cleanup from days of corruption and embezzlement would undermine the purpose of the monitorship, the federal government and the monitor told a Michigan federal judge, asking him to deny the union's bid to shield documents.
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July 18, 2024
A group of unionized janitors who used to work in the New York City offices of social media company X have settled a suit alleging the company failed to comply with a city law requiring it to keep the janitors on for 90 days after terminating their contract.
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July 17, 2024
New York City's Public Advocate hit the Metropolitan Transportation Authority with a proposed state court class action Wednesday aimed at reversing bus service cuts implemented after Gov. Kathy Hochul abruptly canceled plans for congestion pricing, slashing billions in anticipated revenue for the MTA.
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July 17, 2024
A Broadway producer accusing an actor and stage workers union of unlawfully blacklisting him following a labor dispute over a musical has asked the Second Circuit for another chance to revive the claims.