May 04, 2026
Federal judges shouldn't issue injunctions in failure-to-bargain cases unless concrete evidence shows that the employer's snub of the union will cause harm, a split Sixth Circuit panel has decided, dissolving an injunction against a Michigan hospital and creating a circuit split on the question of when such injunctions are appropriate.
December 10, 2025
A Sixth Circuit panel on Wednesday probed a judge's inference that Michigan hospital workers would suffer without an order making their employer resume dealing with their union in the circuit's first National Labor Relations Board injunction case since the U.S. Supreme Court altered the courts' test last year.
September 24, 2025
A Michigan hospital must keep bargaining with a Service Employees International Union affiliate while it appeals an injunction that forced it to resume working with the union, a Sixth Circuit panel said, finding the hospital is unlikely to show it acted lawfully when it withdrew recognition in 2023.
August 26, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board asked the Sixth Circuit to uphold a district court injunction requiring a Michigan hospital to recognize a Service Employees International Union affiliate, telling the appeals court that evidence shows the hospital's withdrawal of recognition led to a drop in union support.