April 13, 2026
A Michigan construction company violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from and refusing to bargain with a union, the Sixth Circuit held Monday, rejecting the company's attempt to have the court review a National Labor Relations Board official's dismissal of a petition to decertify the union.
April 09, 2026
A Midwest paving and road construction company violated federal labor law by blocking a group of Michigan employees from working for three weeks in an attempt to force their union's hand in a bargaining dispute, the Sixth Circuit has ruled, upholding a National Labor Relations Board decision.
February 26, 2026
The Sixth Circuit appeared unlikely Thursday to revive a construction company's challenge to a National Labor Relations Board decision tossing a petition to oust a union representing workers at the company, with judges skeptical they had jurisdiction to consider the dispute under federal labor law's limitations on representation case appeals.
July 08, 2025
The Sixth Circuit must uphold a National Labor Relations Board decision dinging a construction company for unlawfully locking out workers to make their union negotiate, the board argued, saying it correctly interpreted nearly 70-year-old agency precedent about withdrawing from multiemployer bargaining.