-
April 30, 2024
ExxonMobil asked the Fifth Circuit to overturn a National Labor Relations Board decision finding the oil giant unlawfully refused to bargain with a union, saying the NLRB erred by vacating the company's 2020 win in the case after uncovering a Trump-era board member's financial ties to ExxonMobil.
-
April 29, 2024
Former officers of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants urged a Texas federal judge to toss claims from the union that they violated their fiduciary duty, accusing the union of raising allegations to further "its political agenda against plaintiffs."
-
April 29, 2024
A Sixth Circuit panel is prepared to review a National Labor Relations Board decision that held employers violate federal labor law by offering severance agreements with overly broad confidentiality and nondisparagement clauses, a closely watched argument over a precedent shift that experts said has had major effects on employers.
-
April 29, 2024
A Connecticut law that lets workers skip employers' meetings to discuss unionization violates employers' right to free speech, a coalition of business groups argued in Connecticut federal court, seeking a pretrial win on allegations that the law violates the U.S. Constitution and federal labor law.
-
April 29, 2024
Amtrak is urging a Connecticut federal judge to let it out of a Black conductor's lawsuit alleging she was passed over for union committee assignments in favor of less experienced white men and harassed by a superior after she complained, saying her gripes should be directed solely at the union.
-
April 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance Monday on how employers can carefully use artificial intelligence, saying a lack of human eyes could create a domino effect and lead to violations of federal wage and leave laws.
-
April 29, 2024
An Illinois federal judge has rejected a class certification bid in a suit against drugmaker Mallinckrodt and prescription delivery platform Express Scripts, ruling that the plaintiffs were unable to meet their predominance burden as a class.
-
April 29, 2024
A California cannabis law's provisions mandating labor peace agreements between dispensaries and unions violate the U.S. Constitution, a cannabis retailer has alleged, saying the statute unlawfully gives the labor organization more leverage when negotiating what requirements are in the accords.
-
April 29, 2024
A union steward acted in good faith when suggesting that if a transportation company fired an employee who slapped her co-worker, it should also fire the co-worker for provoking her, a split National Labor Relations Board found, saying the suggestion wasn't a betrayal but a strategy to discourage firings.
-
April 26, 2024
In the past year, plaintiffs have won settlements and judgments for millions and billions of dollars from companies such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and Fox News, with many high-profile cases finally wrapping up after years of fighting. Such cases — involving over-the-top compensation packages, chemical contamination, gender discrimination and data mining — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments earned them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024.
-
April 26, 2024
Foreign farmworkers working in the U.S. under the H-2A temporary visa program will now have enhanced protections to advocate for better working conditions without fear of retaliation under a final U.S. Department of Labor rule unveiled Friday.
-
April 26, 2024
Starbucks and Workers United "made significant progress" in collective bargaining negotiations this past week, the parties announced Friday, with experts telling Law360 that the contract talks are a starting point, but the details of these negotiations remain to be seen.
-
April 26, 2024
Two years after its surprise election win at a Staten Island warehouse, the Amazon Labor Union is broke, beset by infighting and ignored by management. Can new leadership at the onetime darling of the labor movement turn it around?
-
April 26, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board official cleared three employees of a Colorado homeowners' association to vote on representation by an International Association of Machinists local lodge next month, rejecting the association's argument that it isn't subject to the board's jurisdiction.
-
April 26, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board official has greenlighted a union representation election at a Michigan nonprofit that places medical school graduates in residencies, internships and fellowships at a Detroit hospital consortium, rejecting the nonprofit's attempts to either prevent the election or narrow the voting pool.
-
April 26, 2024
A divided National Labor Relations Board panel backed a regional director's decision over a vote allowing advertising employees to decide whether to join an existing bargaining unit at a Washington state newspaper, with a dissenting board member finding the employees don't share enough in common.
-
April 26, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential ruling on whether to dismiss Wells Fargo & Co. from a proposed wage and hour class and collective action. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
-
April 26, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will hear a former TD Bank manager's attempt to revive his suit claiming he was fired from his branch because he requested parental leave and because of his gender. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
-
April 25, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal jury on Thursday night was unable to reach a verdict in the government's case alleging former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty threatened a Live! Casino construction contractor with "financial ruin" if he didn't pay his electrician nephew for work he didn't perform, marking a mistrial for the previously twice-convicted union figurehead and his relative.
-
April 25, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board upheld on Thursday a judge's findings that Starbucks managers in Michigan illegally solicited worker complaints, threatened workers and removed pro-union notes from a community board, but declined prosecutors' push to use the case to revisit two precedents.
-
April 25, 2024
A Kentucky federal judge ordered ADT on Thursday to resume recognizing an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local and let the union walk back certain changes to work conditions that the company implemented after withdrawing recognition.
-
April 25, 2024
Starbucks violated federal labor law by barring a worker from recording a disciplinary meeting and later terminating that pro-union employee from a store near St. Louis, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Thursday, calling for the coffee chain to reinstate the barista and make them whole.
-
April 25, 2024
The trustees of an International Union of Painters and Allied Trades benefits fund accused a Michigan painting company of violating a collective bargaining agreement by not making contributions and subcontracting work to a related entity in an attempt to evade its obligations.
-
April 25, 2024
A Washington federal judge has ordered Amazon to comply with a U.S. Department of Labor subpoena seeking information about how much the company spent funding executives' travel to Staten Island, New York, to oppose a union organizing drive, saying the information is relevant to a DOL investigation.
-
April 25, 2024
A Brooklyn federal judge expressed displeasure Thursday with how federal litigation between rival factions inside a nascent Staten Island, New York, union representing Amazon warehouse workers has been conducted, saying it has wasted time and raising the possibility of sanctions.