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February 20, 2026
A TV production company violated federal labor law by firing four employees during filming of a show after it discovered that the workers intended to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
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February 20, 2026
Amazon managers at a Staten Island warehouse didn't place the company on the hook for a labor law violation by reminding the warehouse's staff of improvements to the company's educational-expense reimbursement program during a 2021 union drive, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, upholding a board judge's decision.
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February 19, 2026
Alcoa USA Corp. is looking to erase its retirees' win in a class action that claimed the aluminum manufacturer illegally cut off their life insurance benefits, telling the Seventh Circuit that the retirees owe their victory to an Indiana federal judge misreading their union contract.
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February 19, 2026
Several New York City pension funds have sued AT&T over what they say is the illegal exclusion of their shareholder proposal requesting a corporate diversity report from the telecom giant's corporate ballot, following an indication that regulators would allow the exclusion.
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February 19, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a National Labor Relations Board order finding that a now-defunct Florida symphony orchestra declared an impasse while negotiating with an American Federation of Musicians affiliate and unlawfully imposed a final contract offer.
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February 19, 2026
A Fifth Circuit judge impugned the National Labor Relations Board's fairness and attacked its foundational motive test as "an undertheorized byproduct of Chevron deference" in a dissent to an opinion backing the board's finding that Trader Joe's illegally fired a worker over repeated COVID-19 safety complaints.
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February 19, 2026
An Illinois federal judge confirmed an arbitrator's award undoing the termination of a hot dog casing company worker accused of improperly monitoring pigment flow on a production machine, finding the company's disciplinary policy didn't mandate termination and the arbitrator acted within his authority in converting the discharge to a suspension.
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February 19, 2026
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors should challenge the union security clause in the collective bargaining agreement covering Cornell University's graduate student workers, the National Right to Work Foundation's legal arm has argued, saying prosecutors could use such a challenge to nix 2016 board precedent on graduate student workers' unionization rights.
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February 19, 2026
A Michigan hospital violated federal labor law by threatening to remove workers who were engaging in union business in the hospital lobby, banning employees from making negative comments about the hospital and refusing to reinstate workers who had participated in a strike, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
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February 19, 2026
An arbitrator reasonably interpreted and applied a collective bargaining agreement when it ruled that a ready-mix concrete supplier flouted the contract when it didn't release drivers from duty based on seniority, the Eighth Circuit found.
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February 18, 2026
The Gateway Development Commission has urged a New Jersey federal judge to dismiss nearly all claims brought by a Garden State construction company over the use of a project labor agreement on a major segment of the Hudson Tunnel Project, arguing the suit rests on "conclusory and threadbare allegations."
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February 18, 2026
Unions' reach in the private sector ticked up in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's annual union membership survey, while the number of representation elections conducted by the National Labor Relations Board and work stoppages fell.
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February 18, 2026
A nonprofit medical group at the University of Southern California violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with the National Union of Healthcare Workers after its certification as the exclusive bargaining representative for a unit of student health center workers, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday.
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February 18, 2026
The deputy CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media did not have the authority to fire over 500 Voice of America employees, a coalition of journalists and federal employee unions has told a D.C. federal court, asking that their lawsuit challenging the terminations be allowed to proceed.
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February 18, 2026
The Second Circuit on Wednesday backed a ruling that cut a school bus company's pension withdrawal liability to zero, siding with the company's interpretation that federal benefits law entitled it to a discount on what was owed when its employees switched from one union to another.
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February 18, 2026
A newly installed National Labor Relations Board member has indicated he's open to revising the board's merger doctrine, which nixes decertification petitions in instances when a smaller bargaining unit has merged with a larger one.
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February 18, 2026
An Ohio painting contractor violated federal labor law by firing a worker for discussing wages with other employees and maintaining overly broad work rules, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.
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February 18, 2026
A Virginia trucking company must bargain with the union that its workers tried to bring in before the company intimidated them into voting no on union representation, the Fourth Circuit held Wednesday, enforcing a bargaining order issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
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February 18, 2026
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the former head of the Massachusetts State Police union and a Boston lobbyist to two years and 15 months in prison, respectively, after the pair were convicted of orchestrating a kickback scheme.
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February 17, 2026
The American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors on Tuesday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate statements made by Apollo Global Management concerning the private equity firm's alleged ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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February 17, 2026
Accepting a conservative think tank's challenge to an Oregon law that threatens fines for impersonating public-sector unions would clash with decades of precedent on the state's exposure to enforcement challenges, a union attorney said Tuesday in arguments on its bid to toss the suit.
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February 17, 2026
A Washington federal court closed an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case that pit Honeywell International Inc. against a union pension fund Tuesday, shortly after the conglomerate and fund told the court that they've settled the $1.2 million lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.
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February 17, 2026
A Georgia appellate panel on Tuesday upheld a trial court's ruling that a police union breached its contract with a former Atlanta officer by failing to furnish him with legal representation after a high-profile shooting, clearing the way for the case to proceed to trial.
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February 17, 2026
A Denver-based teachers union alleged that Denver Public Schools has refused to participate in arbitration over a former middle school dean's claims she was wrongfully removed from her role, according to a complaint filed in Colorado state court.
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February 17, 2026
Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would establish workplace harassment as a violation of federal civil rights law and solidify protections for LGBTQ+ workers, condemning the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's backtrack on these issues under President Donald Trump's administration.