August 01, 2025
A North Jersey contractor can't use the fact it hasn't employed union workers in years to duck its obligations under an automatically renewing contract with a Sheet Metal Workers local, a split Third Circuit ruled Friday, upholding a New Jersey federal judge's decision.
June 04, 2025
A New Jersey contractor told a Third Circuit panel Wednesday that it isn't obliged to negotiate over a successor collective bargaining agreement with union-represented sheet metal workers, arguing it no longer employs any workers represented by the union.
May 30, 2025
The Third Circuit's June argument lineup will find a finance company fighting a proposed class action over allegedly predatory payday loan fees because of its tribal ties, while a plumbing company argues that it does not have to arbitrate a union grievance.