Mori Rubin v. Grill Concepts Services, Inc.

  1. August 02, 2022

    LA Restaurant Can't Pause Bargaining Order During Appeal

    A Los Angeles restaurant must continue negotiating a first contract with a UNITE HERE local while challenging an injunction that ordered it to sit down for negotiations, a California federal judge ruled.

  2. July 12, 2022

    NLRB Prosecutors Want Bid To Stall Bargaining Order Nixed

    A California federal judge properly ordered a Los Angeles restaurant to begin bargaining with a UNITE HERE local immediately after years of delays, a National Labor Relations Board prosecutor said, arguing that negotiations shouldn't be stalled further while the restaurant fights the order in the Ninth Circuit.

  3. June 28, 2022

    LA Restaurant Wants Bargaining Order Paused During Appeal

    A Los Angeles restaurant urged a California federal judge to pause the court's order requiring it to bargain with a union until the Ninth Circuit reviews the business's appeal of the decision, saying the union bargained in bad faith by submitting an extensive information request.

  4. May 27, 2022

    NLRB Wins Calif. Injunction Do-Over With ALJ's Backing

    A California federal judge on Friday granted the National Labor Relations Board an injunction forcing a Los Angeles restaurant to deal with a union, reversing course on an earlier rejection after an agency judge panned the company's pandemic-related excuses.

  5. April 19, 2022

    Restaurant Says NLRB's 2nd Injunction Bid Should Be Denied

    A bankrupt Los Angeles restaurant called on a California federal judge to block National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' second attempt to force the restaurant to meet a UNITE HERE local at the bargaining table, saying the judge should not reconsider issuing injunctive relief.

  6. March 29, 2022

    NLRB Renews Injunction Bid In Restaurant Bargaining Case

    National Labor Relations Board prosecutors renewed a bid for a court order forcing a Los Angeles restaurant to resume first contract talks with a union, urging a California federal judge to rethink a decision denying the injunction in light of an agency judge's ruling that the company stalled bargaining.

  7. February 25, 2022

    Court Won't Force LA Restaurant To Bargain Amid COVID Woes

    A California federal judge denied the National Labor Relations Board's bid for an injunction forcing a bankrupt Los Angeles restaurant to bargain with a UNITE HERE local, giving the company the benefit of the doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic was behind its failure to negotiate a union contract.

  8. January 05, 2022

    Calif. Eatery Slams NLRB's Injunction Bid During Pandemic

    A restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport accused of illegal hard bargaining with its workers union is fighting the National Labor Relations Board's bid for an injunction in California federal court that would force good-faith negotiations, saying the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame for failed talks.

  9. November 30, 2021

    NLRB Asks Court To Make LA Restaurant Meet With Union

    The National Labor Relations Board asked a California federal court to force a Los Angeles restaurant to negotiate in good faith with a Unite Here unit while prosecutors press an administrative suit claiming the eatery ducked its bargaining obligations.