The Ohio Adjutant General's Department, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, et al.

  1. May 18, 2023

    Justices Rule FLRA Has Authority Over Ohio Guard Workers

    A labor statute that applies to federal government employees governs the relationship between the Ohio National Guard and the class of state-federal hybrid workers it employs, so the Federal Labor Relations Authority has the power to order the military reserve force to bargain with the workers' union, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

  2. January 09, 2023

    Justices Probe National Guards' Union Bargaining Duty

    The U.S. Supreme Court appeared split Monday on whether the National Guard in Ohio and other states must bargain with members of a class of state-federal hybrid employees, grappling with whether the federal sector labor overseer may bind the military's de facto state agents.

  3. January 06, 2023

    Up Next At High Court: Atty-Client Privilege, Strike Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court will examine the scope of attorney-client privilege and whether companies can sue unions for property damage caused by strikes in its first arguments of 2023. Here, Law360 breaks down the docket this week.

  4. December 19, 2022

    Unions, Law Scholars Back FLRA In State Nat'l Guards Fight

    The Sixth Circuit was right to rule that federal employee labor rules apply to technicians for the Ohio National Guard, and the U.S. Supreme Court would threaten national security and contradict the intentions of Congress if it decides otherwise, military law scholars and labor unions argued in amicus briefs.

  5. December 12, 2022

    AFGE, Gov't Attys Ask Justices To Back 6th Circ. FLRA Order

    An American Federation of Government Employees local urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Sixth Circuit's 2021 decision that said federal labor rules apply to Ohio National Guard technicians, arguing along with Federal Labor Relations Authority attorneys that the agency has jurisdiction over "dual status" employees.

  6. November 16, 2022

    FLRA Doesn't Bind State National Guards, States Tell Justices

    The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn the Sixth Circuit's ruling that federal employee labor rules apply to technicians for the Ohio National Guard, states and nonprofits said Wednesday, arguing the ruling violates the technicians' First Amendment rights, allows the Federal Labor Relations Authority to further expand its reach and more.

  7. November 09, 2022

    Fed. Panel Can't Bind State Nat'l Guards, Ohio Tells Justices

    The state of Ohio filed its opening brief Wednesday in a U.S. Supreme Court case asking whether the panel that oversees federal labor relations may regulate state militias, arguing that the Ohio National Guard does not fit any of several "agency" archetypes the feds may command.

  8. October 03, 2022

    Justices Will Decide If FLRA Can Regulate State Militias

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would decide whether the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 empowers the Federal Labor Relations Authority to regulate the labor practices of "state militias," taking up a challenge brought by state of Ohio officials on behalf of its National Guard and related agencies.

  9. July 19, 2022

    FLRA Urges Justices To Ax Ohio Nat'l Guard Labor Petition

    The Federal Labor Relations Authority urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Ohio National Guard's petition asking it to overturn an appellate panel's ruling that found the agency has the authority to resolve labor disputes concerning civilian employees.