Labor

  • March 16, 2026

    Barnard Can't Upset Arbitrator's Rehire Order, Union Says

    The union that represents staff at Barnard College defended an arbitrator's order directing the school to rehire a housing attendant whom a student accused of hugging her against her will, saying the arbitrator did his job under the parties' deal and simply disagreed with the school's findings.

  • March 16, 2026

    Teamsters Push For Arbitration In Kraft Heinz Benefits Suit

    A Teamsters local contended that a dispute with Kraft Heinz Co. over a healthcare benefits grievance must be arbitrated because it falls within the scope of the parties' collective bargaining agreement, the union told a Delaware federal judge.

  • March 16, 2026

    Colorado Pushes For Early Win In Fight Over Sick Leave Law

    An airline trade group advanced only speculative arguments in its efforts to beat Colorado's bid for a pretrial win in the group's suit challenging Colorado's sick leave law, the state told a federal judge.

  • March 16, 2026

    Group Loses Fight Against Ore. Ban On Union Impersonation

    The Freedom Foundation has lost its challenge to an Oregon law that lets unions sue people who impersonate union organizers, with an Oregon federal judge saying the libertarian think tank lacks standing to sue.

  • March 16, 2026

    Brooklyn Dispensary Urges NLRB to Sever Union Suit

    A New York cannabis retailer has urged the National Labor Relations Board to split up a consolidated lawsuit accusing it of stifling the labor rights of its employees and refusing to engage in collective bargaining, arguing that the suit should be severed to help protect its due process rights.

  • March 13, 2026

    Early Guidance From NLRB GC Shows Office's Discretion

    National Labor Relations Board general counsel Crystal Carey's early guidance to board prosecutors has shown a range of discretion that the agency's top prosecutor wields, experts said, as she continues to shift the focus of the agency's regional offices.

  • March 13, 2026

    Unions Say DC Airport Project Contract Fight Belongs In Court

    A Virginia federal court has the authority to hear claims that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority refused to comply with a resolution requiring project labor agreements on construction projects worth $35 million or more, construction industry unions argued.

  • March 13, 2026

    Labor Board Accuses UFCW Unit Of Fining Nonmembers

    National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have accused a United Food and Commercial Workers local of violating federal labor law by fining two King Soopers workers who quit the union and returned to work during a strike last year.

  • March 13, 2026

    Union Sues Feds For Revoking Immigrant Worker Access

    The Service Employees International Union and four Boston airport workers accused the Trump administration in a lawsuit on Friday of upending immigrant workers' livelihoods by unlawfully revoking security credentials that allowed them to work inside international airport terminals.

  • March 13, 2026

    Teamsters, United Slam Workers' Bid To Reopen Wage Case

    An International Brotherhood of Teamsters local has urged a California federal court not to reopen a lawsuit alleging that United Airlines and the union unlawfully reduced the wages of flight attendants, arguing that new evidence the airline employees are seeking to bring forward isn't admissible in the case.

  • March 13, 2026

    SEIU Must Face Black Ex-Worker's Bias Suit, But Narrower

    A Service Employees International Union unit can't escape a Black former organizer's suit alleging she was paid less than her white, male colleagues and fired for complaining about it, as a Washington federal judge ruled that she backed her bias claims with enough detail.

  • March 13, 2026

    Calif. Forecast: Meta Wants Out Of Whistleblower Suit

    In the next week, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a motion to dismiss a whistleblower retaliation suit against Meta. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.

  • March 13, 2026

    NY Forecast: Judge Weighs Tossing Fired Teacher's Bias Suit

    This week, a New York federal judge will consider the New York City Department of Education's effort to dismiss a former teacher's suit claiming she faced a hostile work environment and discrimination from school leadership due to an anxiety disorder.

  • March 12, 2026

    Portillo's Wrongly Dodged Union Bargaining, NLRB Says

    Portillo's Hot Dogs LLC must recognize and bargain with the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL–CIO after a group of production plant workers voted to organize under the union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

  • March 12, 2026

    State Dept. Official Tapped To Run Parent Of Voice Of America

    President Donald Trump tapped a U.S. Department of State official to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media Thursday, one day after his administration told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that no one has been running the agency for months and that no succession plan is in place.

  • March 12, 2026

    NLRB Prosecutors Can't Pull Challenge To Starbucks Changes

    A National Labor Relations Board judge denied the board general counsel's post-argument motion to withdraw a claim that Starbucks illegally changed its conduct policies without negotiating, rejecting prosecutors' revised position that their theory conflicts with current precedent.

  • March 12, 2026

    Teamsters Urge DOJ To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters urged the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday to block the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery if the agency can't secure worker protections, claiming that the merger poses an anticompetitive threat to the film and television industry's labor markets.

  • March 12, 2026

    REI Fights Order For Rehire, New Union Election At Ore. Store

    REI should not have to hold another union representation election and rehire a worker-organizer at its store in Eugene, Oregon, the company told the National Labor Relations Board, asking it to overturn an administrative law judge's finding that the company violated labor law while responding to a union drive.

  • March 12, 2026

    DC Judge Backs NLRB In Ex-Admin Director's Bias Suit

    A D.C. federal judge handed the National Labor Relations Board an early win in a lawsuit alleging the agency's former director of administration was removed from "key posts" after she reported race and sex discrimination, finding she failed to show that the agency's reasoning for its actions were pretextual.

  • March 11, 2026

    Justices Shouldn't Touch $15.6M Pension Ruling, Fund Says

    The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't disturb the Eleventh Circuit's finding that a wholesale bakery company owes a union pension fund up to $15.6 million, the fund said, asking the justices not to accept a writ of certiorari petition from the company.

  • March 11, 2026

    Tensions Resume At REI As Biz Declares Bargaining Impasse

    Outdoor equipment retailer REI has called off contract talks with workers at 11 unionized stores after years of negotiations and intends to impose a deal that cuts workers' pay, the workers' union announced Wednesday.

  • March 11, 2026

    Gov't Workers' Unions Press Judge To Nix 'Loyalty Question'

    Federal workers' unions told a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday that President Donald Trump's administration is trying to fill the government workforce with loyalists, urging him to forbid the administration to ask prospective hires how they'd advance the president's priorities.

  • March 11, 2026

    Union Claims NJ Hospital Broke State Law In Layoffs

    An American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local has accused a New Jersey hospital of violating state law by abruptly closing most of its facility in November without giving proper notice, in a complaint in New Jersey state court.

  • March 11, 2026

    MLB Players Union Promotes Deputy GC To Lead Lawyer

    The Major League Baseball Players Association said Wednesday it had promoted its deputy general counsel to the top legal spot about a month after its last general counsel was named interim deputy executive director.

  • March 11, 2026

    Mass. Hospital Urges Court To Nix Arbitration In Union Dispute

    A Service Employees International Union local cannot arbitrate its class action claiming a hospital failed to rectify violations of a collective bargaining agreement, the hospital told a Massachusetts federal court, arguing the alleged violations occurred before the hospital's ownership had changed.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

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    President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 8 Lessons Yellow Corp. Layoffs Can Teach Distressed Cos.

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent decision, examining trucking company Yellow Corp.’s abrupt termination of roughly 25,500 employees, offers financially distressed businesses a road map for navigating layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • 10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates

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    New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to educate department managers on these changes could put employers at risk, says Melanie Ronen at Stradley Ronon.

  • 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny

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    A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.

  • How Trump Presidency May Influence NLRB's Next Phase

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    Attorneys at Paul Hastings discuss how last year’s key National Labor Relations Board developments may progress once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, including the wave of lawsuits challenging the board’s constitutionality and two landmark board decisions that upset decades of precedent.

  • How Trump Admin May Approach AI In The Workplace

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    Key indicators suggest that the incoming Trump administration will adopt a deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence, allowing states to fill the void, so it is critical that employers pay close attention to developing legal authority concerning AI tools, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Top 10 Legal Issues This Year For Transportation Industry GCs

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    General counsel must carefully consider numerous legal and policy challenges facing the automotive and transportation industry in the year to come, especially while navigating new technologies, regulations and global markets, says Francesco Liberatore at Squire Patton.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2025

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    While companies must monitor for policy shifts under the new administration in 2025, it will also be a year to play it safe and remember the basics, such as the importance of documenting retention policies and conducting swift investigations into workplace complaints, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

  • NLRB Likely To Fill Vacuum After NMB Jurisdiction Ruling

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    The National Mediation Board's recent ruling in Swissport Cargo Services LP abandoned decades of precedent by concluding the Railway Labor Act doesn’t apply to airline service providers, likely leading the National Labor Relations Board to assert its jurisdiction instead and potentially causing more operational disruptions and labor strife, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Ring In The New Year With An Updated Employee Handbook

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    One of the best New Year's resolutions employers can make is to update their employee handbooks, given that a handbook can mitigate, or even prevent, costly litigation as long as it accounts for recent changes in laws, court rulings and agency decisions, say attorneys at Kutak Rock.

  • 9 Things To Expect From Trump's Surprising DOL Pick

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    The unexpected nomination of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., to lead the U.S. Department of Labor reflects a blend of pro-business and pro-labor leanings, and signals that employers should prepare for a mix of continuity and moderate adjustments in the coming years, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • Why State Captive Audience Laws Matter After NLRB Decision

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    As employers focus on complying with the National Labor Relations Board's new position that captive audience meetings violate federal labor law, they should also be careful not to overlook state captive audience laws that prohibit additional types of company meetings and communications, says Karla Grossenbacher at Seyfarth.

  • Pa. Ruling Highlights Challenges Of Employer Arb. Appeals

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    A Pennsylvania federal court's recent ruling in Welch Foods v. General Teamsters Local Union No. 397 demonstrates the inherent difficulties employers face when seeking relief from labor arbitration decisions through appeals in court — and underscores how employers are faced with often conflicting legal priorities, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O'Connor.

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