NLRB Dings Starbucks For Strike Interrogations In Seattle
A National Labor Relations Board judge correctly dinged Starbucks for interrogating workers at three Seattle cafes about their strike plans, the NLRB held, with the board's two Republican members noting that t... (more story)
Window Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $10M+ Debt, $875K Union Claim
Pennsylvania window company Graboyes LLC has filed a Chapter 11 petition citing more than $10 million in liabilities, including $2.1 million in disputed loans and an $876,000 "note payable" to the Internationa... (more story)
Calif. Newspaper Owes $3.6M In Back Pay, NLRB Says
The former parent company of the now-bankrupt Santa Barbara News-Press, the newspaper's former owner, and related entities must pay $3.6 million in back pay in a long-standing labor dispute with the Teamsters ... (more story)
Biz Defends 6th Circ. Ruling Limiting NLRB Policy Powers
Whiskey maker Brown-Forman urged the full Sixth Circuit not to rethink a panel ruling that took a narrow view of the National Labor Relations Board's power to set policy through decisions, saying the ruling wa... (more story)
Class Attys Want $11.6M In Fees From $35M Teva Inhaler Deal
Berman Tabacco, Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC, Hilliard Shadowen LLP and five other firms have asked a Massachusetts federal judge for $11.55 million in attorney fees from a $35 million antitrust settlement re... (more story)
7th Circ. Says Hotel Must Rehire Worker Fired Over Knife
The Seventh Circuit on Friday affirmed an arbitration award requiring a Chicago hotel group to reinstate a union employee fired for displaying a knife at work, saying the arbitrator deemed the incident nonviol... (more story)
NJ School Bus Co. Illegally Polled Union Workers, NLRB Judge Says
A New Jersey school bus operator violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a Teamsters local and polling workers on whether they wanted to continue being represented by the union, a National Labor... (more story)