Labor

  • October 09, 2025

    Teamsters Want Court To Reconsider Maverick Gaming Sale

    A Teamsters local asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to rethink his order permitting RunItOneTime LLC to sell assets to a company managed by one of its founders, saying the bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction to decide that the two weren't essentially the same business.

  • October 09, 2025

    2 NLRB Picks Advance, 1 Member Nom Stalls

    The U.S. Senate labor committee on Thursday cleared two of the president's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board — including the general counsel pick whose nomination appeared stalled — but withheld a third whose ties to Boeing drew criticism at his confirmation hearing last week.

  • October 09, 2025

    NASA Union Files Suit Challenging End Of Bargaining Rights

    An engineers' union representing NASA employees has challenged President Donald Trump's executive order limiting workers' bargaining rights at certain federal agencies, arguing in D.C. federal court that he violated the union's rights under the First and Fifth Amendments by ending its longstanding presence at the agency.

  • October 09, 2025

    Bakery Union Urges 6th Circ. To Keep Arbitration Ruling Intact

    A Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers union local has urged the Sixth Circuit to keep an order to arbitrate an employee promotion grievance with snack company Kellanova, claiming the dispute is still arbitrable under the terms of an expired collective bargaining agreement.

  • October 09, 2025

    Anti-Union Firm Joins Fight Against Calif. Cannabis Labor Law

    An anti-union group has thrown its weight behind a cannabis retailer's challenge to a California law that requires marijuana businesses to sign labor peace agreements with unions, arguing before the Ninth Circuit that the law is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.

  • October 08, 2025

    Union Didn't Win Election Fairly, Nexstar Tells 2nd Circ.

    A National Labor Relations Board order compelling Nexstar to bargain with workers at a New York news station should be vacated, the company told the Second Circuit, raising objections including that an NLRB agent mishandled the representation election and that the union bribed workers with lower dues.

  • October 08, 2025

    Judge Rejects Feds' Bid To Reassign USPTO Union Cases

    A D.C. federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's claim that suits by unions representing employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office challenging an executive order ending their collective bargaining rights are not related to similar cases before him.

  • October 08, 2025

    AFL-CIO Opposes Draft Senate Crypto Bill

    A major labor organization, the AFL-CIO, has come out against a Republican draft bill on crypto market structure, saying the draft lacks "meaningful safeguards."

  • October 08, 2025

    Biz Groups Warn Of 'Chaos' If NY's NLRB Fill-In Law Stands

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other business groups warned a New York federal court of the risks associated with the state's decision to expand the powers of its Public Employment Relations Board, arguing that the amendment would "sow chaos in national labor markets."

  • October 08, 2025

    Smaller Reforms Can Solve Labor Law Woes, Lawmakers Hear

    Teamsters President Sean O'Brien urged a U.S. Senate labor committee at a hearing Wednesday to focus on piecemeal fixes to labor law — such as a pending bill to expedite union contracts and an upcoming plan to inform workers of their labor rights — over broader, doomed reforms.

  • October 08, 2025

    2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Reviving NY Teamsters Pension Suit

    The Second Circuit appeared unlikely Wednesday to revive a New York Teamsters worker's proposed class action alleging mismanagement by the caretakers of his multiemployer pension plan, as multiple judges seemed to doubt that the complaint contained enough evidence of a deficient process to manage fees and investments.

  • October 07, 2025

    Unions Seek $1.5M In Fees, Costs In Alcoa Life Insurance Row

    A group of retirees and unions that recently won a life insurance benefits class action against Alcoa have asked an Indiana federal judge to compel the aluminum producer to cover their $1.5 million in legal fees, costs and expenses.

  • October 07, 2025

    4 Oral Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In Oct.

    The Second Circuit will hear from Teamsters looking to revive a proposed class action alleging mismanagement of a multiemployer pension plan, while Alcoa will ask the Seventh Circuit to overturn a ruling requiring the aluminum maker to cover union retirees' healthcare for life. Here, Law360 looks at four arguments that benefits attorneys should have on their radar this month.

  • October 07, 2025

    United, Teamsters Move To Toss Mechanic's Pay-Dispute Suit

    United Airlines and the Teamsters are both seeking an early exit from a technician's suit alleging that the union failed to pursue his grievance accusing United of violating a raise policy in its labor contract, arguing that his claims shouldn't be resolved in California federal court.

  • October 07, 2025

    Rutgers Must Rehire Union-Repped Psych Prof, Court Says

    Rutgers University's medical school must reinstate a union-represented psychiatry professor whom it fired after she refused to take on a new job task, but it doesn't have to cover the legal fees the union incurred fighting for her reinstatement, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled.

  • October 07, 2025

    11th Circ. Won't Halt Labor Mandate Case For Gov't Shutdown

    The federal government can't stay a builders association's case challenging an executive order that requires union-favoring labor agreements for expensive government contracts, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, declining a request made in light of the government shutdown.

  • October 07, 2025

    United Can't Sanction Ex-Flight Attendant Over Pay Suit

    A former United Airlines flight attendant will avoid sanctions in his now-ended suit seeking unpaid wages, a New York federal judge ruled, saying he didn't abuse the judicial process even if his evidence that state law applied to his claims was weak.

  • October 07, 2025

    Firefighters' Union Drops PFAS Suit Against Safety Group

    A firefighters' union has dropped a 2023 lawsuit in Massachusetts state court accusing a fire safety organization of ignoring the cancer risk of "forever chemicals" in maintaining safety standards that continued to call for their use in firefighting gear.

  • October 06, 2025

    6th Circ. Backs Termination Of Fire Chief Accused Of Threats

    The Sixth Circuit declined on Monday to revive a former paper mill fire chief's suit alleging his union representative refused in bad faith to contest his termination for allegedly threatening coworkers, finding the representative made his decision after getting reports from officials that the appellant's colleagues felt unsafe around him. 

  • October 06, 2025

    Unions Ask Court To Save Fed. Workers' Jobs Amid Shutdown

    A California federal judge should block the Trump administration from carrying out its threats to use the government shutdown as an occasion to fire another large swath of federal workers, two unions argued, requesting a temporary restraining order that would protect the jobs of the federal workers they represent.

  • October 06, 2025

    Labor, Energy Groups Challenge EPA's $7B Solar Cancellation

    A coalition of the labor and solar energy industry players on Monday alleged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Constitution and federal law by canceling a $7 billion program providing solar equipment to low-income households.

  • October 06, 2025

    SkyWest Group Fights To Keep AFA-CWA Counterclaims

    A nonunion employee organization at SkyWest urged a Utah federal court to preserve its counterclaims accusing the Association of Flight Attendants, a union organizer and former flight attendants of conspiring to violate the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in their organizing efforts, arguing that the group adequately pled its claims.

  • October 06, 2025

    Amtrak Settles Black Worker's Bias Suit Alleging Union Snubs

    Amtrak and a labor union have agreed to settle a Black conductor's suit alleging she was blocked from securing senior union committee assignments out of bias against her race, age and gender, according to a Monday docket entry in Connecticut federal court.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Won't Take Up Md. Retirees' Drug Benefits Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a Fourth Circuit decision concluding that Maryland wasn't contractually bound to provide benefits to employees upon retirement, turning away a case that challenged the state's transition of retirees' prescription drug benefits from a state subsidy to Medicare.

  • October 06, 2025

    Ed Dept. Used Worker Emails For Shutdown Politics, Suit Says

    The U.S. Department of Education violated its workers' freedom of speech by altering their out-of-office email messages to blame the government shutdown on Democrats, the workers' union claimed in a complaint filed in Washington, D.C., federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • A Close Look At The Rescinded Biden-Era NLRB Memos

    Author Photo

    National Labor Relations Board acting general counsel William Cowen's recent decision to rescind several guidance memoranda from his predecessor signals that he aims to move the board away from expanding organizing rights and to provide more room for employers to protect their operations and workforce, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • 6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

    Author Photo

    With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • 5 Key Issues For Multinational Cos. Mulling Return To Office

    Author Photo

    As companies increasingly revisit return-to-office mandates, multinational employers may face challenges in enforcing uniform RTO practices globally, but several key considerations and practical solutions can help avoid roadblocks, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • 7 Things Employers Should Expect From Trump's OSHA Pick

    Author Photo

    If President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is confirmed, workplace safety veteran David Keeling may focus on compliance and assistance, rather than enforcement, when it comes to improving worker safety, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • Water Cooler Talk: Takeaways From 'It Ends With Us' Suits

    Author Photo

    Troutman’s Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter discuss how the lawsuits filed by “It Ends With Us” stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni hold major lessons about workplace harassment, retaliation and employee digital media use.

  • Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting

    Author Photo

    Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition enforcement amid agency leadership changes and other emerging developments likely to dominate discussion at the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week.

  • NLRB Firing May Need Justices' Input On Removal Power

    Author Photo

    President Donald Trump's unprecedented removal of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox spurred a lawsuit that is sure to be closely watched, as it may cause the U.S. Supreme Court to reexamine a 1935 precedent that has limited the president's removal powers, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

  • Weathering Policy Zig-Zags In Gov't Contracting Under Trump

    Author Photo

    To succeed amid the massive shift in federal contracting policies heralded by President Donald Trump's return to office, contractors should be prepared for increased costs and enhanced False Claims Act enforcement, and to act swiftly to avail themselves of contractual remedies, says Jacob Scott at Smith Currie.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

    Author Photo

    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • 2 Areas Of Labor Law That May Change Under Trump

    Author Photo

    Based on President Donald Trump's recent moves, employers should expect to see significant changes in the direction of law coming out of the National Labor Relations Board, particularly in two areas where the Trump administration will seek to roll back the Biden NLRB's changes, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Water Cooler Talk: 'Late Night' Shows DEI Is More Than Optics

    Author Photo

    Amid the shifting legal landscape for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Troutman's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with their firm's DEI committee chair, Nicole Edmonds, about how the 2019 film "Late Night" reflects the challenges and rewards of fostering meaningful inclusion.

  • Considerations As Trump Admin Continues To Curtail CFPB

    Author Photo

    Recent sweeping moves from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership have signaled a major shift in the agency's trajectory, and regulated entities should prepare for broader implications in both the near and long term, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.

  • NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification

    Author Photo

    A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.

Can't find the article you're looking for? Click here to search the Employment Authority Labor archive.