Labor

  • April 29, 2025

    Joann Floats $1.3M Ohio Closure Deal With Union Workers

    Bankrupt crafting supply seller Joann Inc. proposed a deal on Monday with unionized workers at an Ohio distribution facility that will pay $1.3 million in severance and unused time-off payments for staying at work until the facility is closed.

  • April 29, 2025

    Kroger-Owned Chain Fights To Keep UFCW Suit Alive

    The Kroger-owned grocery chain King Soopers urged a Colorado federal judge Tuesday to preserve its lawsuit against a United Food and Commercial Workers local, saying the company can prove that the union is placing unlawful pressure on it to bargain with multiple locals at once.

  • April 29, 2025

    Exxon, USW Settle Texas Court Case About Grievance Spat

    Exxon Mobil and a United Steelworkers local ended the oil giant's Texas federal court dispute aiming to halt the union from relitigating an issue about the automatic granting of grievances, with a judge approving the parties' request to toss the case.

  • April 29, 2025

    Trump Can't Reorganize Gov't Without Congress, Groups Say

    President Donald Trump lacks the power to reorganize the executive branch and push for mass terminations of workers when Congress hasn't given its blessing, unions and other groups told a California federal court.

  • April 29, 2025

    Union Pension Fund Wins $132M Bailout Suit At 2nd Circ.

    A union pension fund won its multimillion-dollar dispute with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. on appeal Tuesday, with the Second Circuit reversing a New York federal judge's 2023 decision that the PBGC was within its rights to reject the fund's 2022 application for $132 million in financial assistance.

  • April 29, 2025

    Union Fights Vegas Casino Co.'s Bid To Block NLRB Cases

    A union is fighting Station Casinos LLC's argument that the National Labor Relations Board lacks the authority to prosecute the company for violating labor law, telling a Nevada federal judge that Station's constitutional challenge to the board's structure is an attempt to evade responsibility for its illegal anti-union tactics.

  • April 29, 2025

    Federal Defenders Of NY Staff Announce Union Drive

    Staff members at the Federal Defenders of New York have announced their plans to join their attorney colleagues as members of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys.

  • April 29, 2025

    3rd Circ. Denies Post-Gazette Bid To Tweak Benefits Order

    The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can't get the Third Circuit to clarify or tweak an order to put its newsroom employees back on their old health insurance plan, despite concerns from the newspaper company that it may not have been eligible to reenroll them in the plan and would rather go back to bargaining instead.

  • April 28, 2025

    Judge Says Trump Lacked Power To Erase Bargaining Rights

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday explained his rationale for blocking President Donald Trump's effort to end collective bargaining for certain federal workers last week, saying that it's likely the president doesn't have the authority to exclude a slew of federal agencies from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.

  • April 28, 2025

    Exxon Asks Full 5th Circ. To Rethink NLRB Flip In Labor Case

    An ExxonMobil unit Monday urged the full Fifth Circuit to undo a panel of judges' decision backing the National Labor Relations Board in holding the company liable for unfair labor practices despite the board freeing it from allegations years prior, warning of a "politicization" of federal labor laws.

  • April 28, 2025

    DC Circ. Restores Ban On CFPB Mass Layoffs Amid Appeal

    A D.C. Circuit panel said Monday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must refrain for now from mass employee firings, backtracking from a prior decision that the Trump administration had used to attempt a now-suspended layoff of nearly all the agency's staff.

  • April 28, 2025

    3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Teamsters Fund's Win In $39M Row

    The Third Circuit won't give a group of dairy businesses a second chance to prevent a Teamsters union pension fund from suing them and their affiliates to enforce a $39 million settlement, the court announced Monday.

  • April 28, 2025

    Judge 'Commandeered' VOA, DC Circ. Told

    The Trump administration is urging the D.C. Circuit to narrow an injunction preserving the agency that oversees Voice of America while the administration appeals a ruling that halted the broadcasting service's dismantling, saying a trial court judge ruled too broadly by reinstating grant agreements and employees.

  • April 28, 2025

    HCA Florida Hospitals Ordered To Arbitrate SEIU's Grievances

    A group of 17 HCA Florida hospitals must go before an arbitrator to resolve a Service Employees International union affiliate's grievances about legal fees tied to a dues deduction dispute, a federal judge ruled Monday, finding the grievances fall under an arbitration provision in the parties' labor contracts.

  • April 28, 2025

    Amazon Defends Firings, Disciplines Amid Ky. Union Drive

    Amazon didn't violate federal labor law by firing and disciplining workers while a union organizing effort was taking off at a facility near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the e-commerce giant argued, alleging National Labor Relations Board attorneys are seeking an unconstitutional nationwide notice-reading remedy.

  • April 28, 2025

    9th Circ. Backs Vegas Hotel In Ex-Worker's Disability Bias Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday refused to reopen a former bartender's lawsuit alleging a Las Vegas hotel forced her to take leave and eventually fired her for tremors caused by her cancer treatment, saying she hadn't provided enough evidence to back up her claims.

  • April 28, 2025

    Unions Tell Judge To Stop DOGE's Federal Personnel Probe

    A New York federal judge should block the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from disclosing information about federal employees to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, three unions argued in an updated injunction request, saying their position is stronger now that the judge denied the government's dismissal bid.

  • April 28, 2025

    No Harm Shown Over DOGE Access To Tax Data, US Says

    The U.S. government asked a D.C. federal court to throw out four organizations' bid to keep the White House's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing confidential taxpayer data, saying their suit fails to show injury to the groups' members.

  • April 28, 2025

    Trump Fights Foreign Service Union's Injunction Bid

    President Donald Trump disputed the American Foreign Service Association's injunction bid to block portions of his executive order that gutted collective bargaining rights for federal workers, telling a D.C. federal judge the union could still receive dues and represent employees in the grievance process.

  • April 28, 2025

    NLRB's Retreat Doesn't Moot Constitution Suit, DC Circ. Told

    Two Starbucks workers seeking to void National Labor Relations Board members' job protections urged the D.C. Circuit to keep a challenge to their suit's dismissal alive over the objections of the board, which argued its acceptance of the workers' argument moots the case.

  • April 28, 2025

    Teamsters Say UPS Fleeced Workers Through Pay Deductions

    The United Parcel Service deducted hundreds of dollars from unionized workers' April 3 paychecks without their consent, a Teamsters unit and four employees told a New York federal court. 

  • April 28, 2025

    Union Tells 3rd Circ. Healthcare Fight Belongs In Arbitration

    A Pennsylvania federal judge properly concluded that a healthcare dispute between a power plant operator and an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local was arbitrable, the union said, asking the Third Circuit to uphold the judge's decision to send the fight to arbitration.

  • April 25, 2025

    Employer-Side Ties May Pose Conflicts For NLRB GC Pick

    National Labor Relations Board general counsel nominee Crystal Carey has taken some criticism for her employment with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, a prominent management-side firm that represents big-name clients before the board. Here, Law360 explores federal officials' ethics obligations and what they may mean for Carey's potential role as the labor board's next top cop. 

  • April 25, 2025

    Judge Blocks Trump Order Limiting Fed. Worker Bargaining

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's order last month seeking to end collective bargaining for workers at more than a dozen federal agencies with national security roles, two days after suggesting during oral arguments that Trump's order was retaliatory.

  • April 25, 2025

    Feds Fight Unions' Bid To Reverse Cuts To FMCS

    A group of unions lack standing to ask a New York federal judge to reverse staffing cuts and field office closures at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the federal government has argued, opposing the group's bid for an injunction undoing the shrinkage of the labor-management dispute resolution agency.

Expert Analysis

  • 3 Areas Of Focus In Congressional Crosshairs This Year

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    Companies must prepare for Congress to build on its 2023 oversight priorities this year, continuing its vigorous inquiries into Chinese company-related investments, workplace safety and labor relations issues, and generative artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Water Cooler Talk: Insights On Noncompetes From 'The Office'

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    Troutman Pepper’s Tracey Diamond, Evan Gibbs, Constance Brewster and Jim Earle compare scenarios from “The Office” to the complex world of noncompetes and associated tax issues, as employers are becoming increasingly hesitant to look to noncompete provisions amid a potential federal ban.

  • 5 NLRA Changes To Make Nonunion Employers Wary In 2024

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    As the National Labor Relations Board continues pushing an aggressive pro-union agenda and a slate of strict workplace rules, nonunion employers should study significant labor law changes from 2023 to understand why National Labor Relations Act compliance will be so crucial to protecting themselves in the new year, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • NLRA Expansion May Come With Risks For Workers

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    The last few years have seen a rapid expansion of the National Labor Relations Act to increase labor law coverage in as many ways and to as many areas as possible, but this could potentially weaken rather than strengthen support for unions and worker rights in the U.S., says Daniel Johns at Cozen O’Connor.

  • What The NLRB Wants Employers To Know Post-Cemex

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    Recent guidance from the National Labor Relations Board illuminates prosecutorial goals following Cemex Construction Materials, a decision that upended decades of precedent, and includes several notable points to which employers should pay close attention, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2024

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    From technological leaps to sea changes in labor policy to literal sea changes, 2024 provides opportunities for employers to face big-picture questions that will shape their business for years to come, say Allegra Lawrence-Hardy and Lisa Haldar at Lawrence & Bundy.

  • Cos. Should Be On Guard After Boom In Unfair Labor Claims

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    The National Labor Relations Board's recent expansion of protected activity and imposition of case-by-case policies led to a historic boom in unfair labor practice charges in 2023, so companies should prepare for labor complaints to increase in 2024 by conducting risk assessments and implementing compliance plans, say Daniel Schudroff and Lorien Schoenstedt at Jackson Lewis.

  • 3 Developments That Will Affect Hospitality Companies In 2024

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    As the hospitality industry continues its post-pandemic recovery, it faces both challenges and opportunities to thrive in 2024, including navigating new labor rules, developing branded residential living spaces and cautiously embracing artificial intelligence, says Lauren Stewart at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2023

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and federal and state courts made 2023 another groundbreaking year for whistleblower litigation and retaliation developments, including the SEC’s massive whistleblower awards, which are likely to continue into 2024 and further incentivize individuals to submit tips, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Starbucks Raise Ruling Highlights Labor Law Catch-22

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    A National Labor Relations Board judge recently ruled that Starbucks violated federal labor law when it gave raises to nonunion employees only, demonstrating that conflicts present in workforces with both union and nonunion employees can put employers in no-win situations if they don't consider how their actions will be interpreted, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Del. Ruling Shows Tension Between 363 Sale And Labor Law

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    The Delaware federal court's ruling in the Braeburn Alloy Steel case highlights the often overlooked collision between an unstayed order authorizing an asset sale free and clear of successor liability under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and federal labor law imposing successor liability on the buyer, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • How AI Executive Order Aims To Compete For Foreign Talent

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    Immigration provisions within the Biden administration's executive order on artificial intelligence take a strategic approach to promoting the U.S. as a destination for AI and STEM talent by streamlining visa processing, enhancing educational and exchange programs, and improving current visa programs and pathways to permanent residency, says Eric Bord at Morgan Lewis.

  • A Gov't Contractor's Guide To Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wages

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    In light of shifting federal infrastructure priorities and recent updates to U.S. Department of Labor regulations, employers should take the time to revisit the basics of prevailing wage requirements for federal contractors under the Davis-Bacon Act and similar laws, says Timothy Taylor at Holland & Knight.

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