October 21, 2025
A suit accusing United Airlines of conspiring to underpay workers is related to another case in which flight attendants are bringing a grievance to arbitration without the Teamsters' support, a California federal judge ruled, turning down a worker's arguments that the cases didn't overlap.
May 27, 2025
United Airlines and the Teamsters can appeal a lower court order concluding that the Railway Labor Act gives individual airline employees the right to take their grievances to arbitration despite the union's objection, a California federal judge ruled, saying a Ninth Circuit ruling could end the case.
April 14, 2025
The Teamsters and United Airlines asked a California federal court to allow an appeal of its order finding the Railway Labor Act gives individual airline employees the right to send their grievances to arbitration despite the union's objection, looking to take the dispute to the Ninth Circuit.
March 13, 2025
The Teamsters and United Airlines can escape most of a suit in which flight attendants challenged the formula for how the union sorts out raises, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, keeping alive only Railway Labor Act due process claims.
December 13, 2024
In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye out for the fate of a decertification bid in a wage and hour collective action against Apple. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
July 30, 2024
The Teamsters urged a California federal judge to dismiss for good a suit by United Airlines workers seeking the formula the union and the company have used to calculate semiannual raises, saying the amended complaint remains deficient and late.
February 08, 2024
The Teamsters were dismissed from a suit brought by United Airlines workers alleging that the union and airline shorted them on raises, with a California federal judge ruling that the Teamsters reasonably decided not to give workers access to wage data or pursue their grievances related to the dispute.
January 12, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for potential settlement approval in two related proposed class actions against DoorDash alleging independent contractor misclassification. Here's a look at those cases and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
November 17, 2023
United Airlines workers challenged attempts from the company and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to nix their suit alleging incorrect calculations of their wage increases, telling a California federal judge that their breach of contract and fair duty of representation claims should stay in court.
October 11, 2023
United Airlines asked a California federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing the company and the Teamsters of shorting union-represented airline workers on raises and withholding information about the pay bumps' calculation, saying the workers' claims do not belong in federal court.