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Coalition Shows Tension In Union Response To Data Centers

A coalition of building trades unions and businesses is seeking to push "common-sense" regulation of data center development, exposing some tension within the labor movement on issues surrounding artificial intelligence.

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Pa. Minimum Wage Divides Governor Candidates

Pennsylvania's Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates hold different stances on minimum wage in the rare Northeastern state without a floor higher than the federal rate, meaning that minimum wage is effectively on the ballot next month.

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Mich. Jury Awards Televangelist $62M For Network's Racism

A Black televangelist was awarded $62.2 million Wednesday by a Michigan federal jury that found that the white owner of a religious television network subjected him to racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation, concluding a trial centered on a meme depicting the network owner as a pimp surrounded by Black ministers.

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NY Severance Rules Persist Despite McLaren Macomb Threat

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Despite recent calls to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's decision in McLaren Macomb, New York's robus... (more story)

Data Sale In Spirit Bankruptcy Raises Novel Privacy Risks

Daniel Lowenthal and Kimberly Black

Spirit Airlines' planned sale of deidentified business data to Google for artificial intelligence training exposes... (more story)

NLRB Memo Signals Narrower View Of Protected Activism

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A recent National Labor Relations Board memo concluding that Microsoft lawfully discharged two employees who condu... (more story)

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Unions, Nonprofits Get USDA Reorganization Plan Blocked

A California federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from closing offices and reshuffling staff, saying the department's planned reorganization likely amounted to "reprogrammin... (more story)

Atty Sanctioned For Vulgar Emails To Opposing Counsel

A Texas federal magistrate judge has sanctioned an attorney who serves as principal for an oil and gas exploration company locked in a trade secret misappropriation case with a rival after opposing counsel com... (more story)

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Jail Policy Referendum Needed Union Input, Pa. Justices Told

A referendum to limit certain methods of restraining inmates at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh was void from the start because it had interfered with jail guards' safety and should have been bargained... (more story)

IBEW Union Hall Wants Out Of COVID-19 Loan Fraud Suit

An International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Boston asked a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday to toss claims that it committed fraud by collecting a COVID-19 relief loan it wasn't eligi... (more story)

Hotel Urges NLRB To Review Union Decert Election Ruling

A California hotel urged the National Labor Relations Board to review a regional director's decision rejecting its objections to an election where a UNITE HERE local narrowly avoided decertification, claiming ... (more story)

Colo. State Court Won't Fast-Track Builder's $1M Fine Appeal

A Colorado state court has refused to let a construction company immediately appeal a ruling that denied its bid to pause a $1 million labor fine while it fights the penalty in court.

Carpenters Broker $9.25M Deal In $250M Pension Loss Suit

The trustees of a carpenters pension plan and an investment advisor promised to pay $9.25 million to resolve a suit from workers who claimed they saw a $250 million loss in savings when the plan invested in sp... (more story)

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Hegseth Trans Slur May Lead To Deposition, Judge Says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will have to answer questions in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's transgender troops ban, after a D.C. federal judge said Wednesday that his recent use of a slur ... (more story)

Union Says EEOC Can't Dodge Claims Of Class Action Freeze

The American Federation of Government Employees told a D.C. federal court not to toss a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of instructing administrative judges to pause federal e... (more story)

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Solar Co. Failed To Stop Workers' Gay Slurs, Suit Says

A solar energy installation company fired two married employees who repeatedly complained that coworkers were harassing them and using homophobic slurs, the workers alleged Wednesday in Maine federal court.

Feds Fight Top Court Review Of Ex-Defender's Sex Bias Suit

The federal judiciary has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a former assistant public defender's petition challenging its internal complaint process for workplace sex harassment, arguing the questions she... (more story)

Suit Claims 'Hostility' At Cybersecurity Co. For Paternity Leave

A software engineer has sued a cybersecurity company in Indiana federal court, alleging it retaliated against him for taking paternity leave and discriminated against him based on his sex.

Smithfield Settles EEOC Suit Over Pregnant Worker's Firing

A Smithfield Foods subsidiary reached a deal to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it placed a pregnant employee on unpaid leave and then fired her when she asked for lighter ... (more story)

Ex-Nexstar News Directors Win $4M In Pride Month Suit

A jury in western Michigan has ruled that Nexstar Media owes two of its former TV station news directors a total of around $4 million over their claims that their employer insinuated they were anti-gay after t... (more story)

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Amazon Workers Allege Unpaid Time At Exit Security Checks

Amazon.com Services LLC fails to pay its Washington warehouse workers for time spent in mandatory anti-theft security screenings when leaving its facilities, two former employees claimed in a proposed wage cla... (more story)

Ogletree Adds 8 Labor, Employment Attys From Fisher Phillips

Management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins LLP said Wednesday it has hired eight attorneys from Fisher Phillips.

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Court Vacates DOL Rulings In Trucker Prevailing Wage Case

An Illinois federal judge has set aside a U.S. Department of Labor ruling that found truck drivers on a federally funded construction project were entitled to prevailing wages for time spent waiting to load ma... (more story)

Sibling Attys Fighting Over $1.1M Comp Want Suit In NY

Two sibling attorneys have agreed to send to the Eastern District of New York their New Jersey federal lawsuit that accuses one of failing to properly compensate the other about $1.1 million, according to a joint filing.

Tyson Subsidiary Hit With Chicken Catchers' Overtime Suit

A Tyson Foods subsidiary failed to pay overtime to chicken catchers and forklift operators who regularly worked more than 40 hours a week at farms in Virginia and Maryland, according to a proposed collective a... (more story)

Rivian Failed To Pay Workers For Required Training, Suit Says

A former Rivian LLC service technician brought a proposed class action against the automaker in Washington state court, claiming the company pressured workers to forgo their legally protected meal and rest per... (more story)

Mass. Panel Backs State Police Leader's July 4 Staffing Memo

The head of the Massachusetts State Police has the power to prohibit officers from taking time off around the Independence Day holiday, the state's intermediate-level appeals court said Tuesday, affirming that... (more story)