A D.C. federal judge appeared ready on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to strip as many as 100,000 federal employees of their collective bargaining power, saying the order seems to target unions because they've challenged his actions, not because of any purported national security justification.
The D.C. Circuit vacated on Tuesday a National Labor Relations Board order requiring Google and contractor Cognizant to bargain with a union representing YouTube Music workers, saying the end of the tech giant's contract with Cognizant mooted the dispute.
A California federal judge blocked the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to fire probationary employees and stopped several agencies from heeding its directives, but he declined to order them to rehire the workers they've already let go.
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A D.C. federal judge appeared ready on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to strip as many as 100,000 federal employees of their collective bargaining power, saying the order seems to target unions because they've challenged his actions, not because of any purported national security justification.
The D.C. Circuit vacated on Tuesday a National Labor Relations Board order requiring Google and contractor Cognizant to bargain with a union representing YouTube Music workers, saying the end of the tech giant's contract with Cognizant mooted the dispute.
A California federal judge blocked the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to fire probationary employees and stopped several agencies from heeding its directives, but he declined to order them to rehire the workers they've already let go.
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April 23, 2025
The Government Accountability Office has dismissed a Georgia-based construction contractor's request to reconsider its January decision rejecting its challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' denial of its building repair contract proposal.
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April 23, 2025
The National Treasury Employees Union has hit back at a Trump administration bid to resume mass layoffs of nearly all the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's workforce, urging the D.C. Circuit to leave a federal judge's temporary restraining order in place.
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April 23, 2025
The United Auto Workers' campaign to organize automakers in the South appears to have hit a roadblock in the year since the union notched a landmark representation election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, but experts said reaching a strong contract there could help jump-start the union's ambitions.
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April 23, 2025
A D.C. federal judge must not disturb President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at making it easier to fire career federal employees, the government argued in a motion to dismiss, saying two unions that brought the challenge lack standing and their allegations are unripe for the court.
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April 23, 2025
An arbitration board must clarify the meaning of "economic value" in a 2021 award before a Massachusetts federal judge can enforce it, the judge held, saying a definition is necessary to determine the obligations the award places on a Boston commuter rail operator that is feuding with the Teamsters.
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April 23, 2025
A National Labor Relations Board judge's conclusion that an '80s-themed diner in Houston needs to reinstate the eight employees it fired following a strike falls within make-whole remedies, the board said, urging the Fifth Circuit to enforce the order.
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April 23, 2025
The Fifth Circuit has walked back an order allowing the Office and Professional Employees International Union to intervene in a high-profile case challenging the National Labor Relations Board's constitutionality, saying the union's interests are adequately spelled out in its amicus brief and represented by the board.
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April 23, 2025
U.S. Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Wednesday unveiled proposals he says will modernize the independent contractor model without hindering workers' flexibility and profit opportunities, suggesting several changes Congress could take.
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April 23, 2025
Nexstar Media Group Inc. urged the Fifth Circuit to find that the National Labor Relations Board wrongly certified representation election results for a smaller bargaining unit at two television stations in Denver, raising arguments about deference to the board and claims that a union's actions unfairly influenced the vote.
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April 22, 2025
Washington state troopers can sue their employer directly in superior court over alleged minimum wage violations before exhausting the grievance process under collective bargaining agreements, an Evergreen State appellate court said Tuesday, distinguishing the challenged policies from the union contracts.
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April 22, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday extended an earlier order blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the agency that oversees Voice of America, saying the coalition of journalists, unions and a reporter advocacy group seeking the preliminary injunction demonstrated the likelihood of "irreparable harm" absent the relief.
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April 22, 2025
The Constitution vests President Donald Trump with the authority to reduce the size of the agency that disburses grants to U.S. libraries, the Trump administration told a Washington, D.C., federal judge, opposing two groups' attempt to reverse recent cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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April 22, 2025
A National Labor Relations Board prosecutor sought to abandon an effort by former general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo to change a more than 60-year-old precedent for weighing the lawfulness of permanently replacing strikers, noting the acting general counsel's decision to rescind his predecessor's memoranda.
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April 22, 2025
Former National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has landed two post-board gigs as an attorney with union-side firm Bush Gottlieb and a senior adviser to the president of the Communications Workers of America, her new employers announced Tuesday.
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April 22, 2025
Trader Joe's urged the National Labor Relations Board to reverse a judge's decision to accept pilfered records of its internal labor counsel's communications about disciplining a pro-union worker, saying the records are privileged and the company didn't waive its rights.
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April 22, 2025
A National Labor Relations Board attorney defended a request to pull unfair labor practice allegations and requested relief against an auto parts maker given opposition from a United Auto Workers affiliate, saying the claims and remedies sought under the previous NLRB general counsel aren't "supported by extant law."
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April 22, 2025
Prosecutors from the National Labor Relations Board's San Francisco office issued a complaint against Amazon, challenging the company's refusal to work with the Teamsters after the union organized a San Francisco delivery center and seeking a bargaining order compelling it to do so.
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April 22, 2025
California-based Save Mart Supermarkets will pay about $20.5 million to escape a suit from workers who alleged the company unlawfully revoked a monthly health reimbursement that it promised to nonunion retirees and their spouses for life, according to a proposed deal filed in federal court.
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April 21, 2025
American Federation of Government Employees affiliates told a Texas federal court Monday to dismiss a lawsuit from the Department of Defense and other federal agencies asking the court to allow termination of collective bargaining agreements, saying the government does not have standing.
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April 21, 2025
A Teamsters local has dropped its lawsuit against a Detroit trucking company, indicating it will no longer pursue breach-of-contract litigation in Michigan federal court over the company's alleged failure to notify workers that they needed to sign up for health insurance.
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April 21, 2025
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors asked the full D.C. Circuit to hold a hearing on shifting its precedent in cases when an employer stands accused of illegally changing employees' working conditions without bargaining, saying the court's current precedent conflicts with that of the board and other circuits.
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April 21, 2025
A D.C. federal judge must block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive systems in the U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services, unions argued in a preliminary injunction bid, saying the government's search for "waste, fraud and abuse" doesn't warrant access.
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April 21, 2025
A group of Equinix investors asked a California federal judge for class certification on their claims that the data center developer mislabeled spending on batteries, light bulbs and other maintenance expenses so two executives could collect bonuses of $150 million.
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April 18, 2025
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday proposed a rule that would give President Donald Trump's administration the power to hire and fire some 50,000 career federal employees, a move that federal worker unions say will allow the president "to replace qualified public servants with political cronies."
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April 18, 2025
Employers are growing anxious for President Donald Trump to stock the National Labor Relations Board with Republicans who will roll back union-friendly precedents, but the absence of nominees so far reflects the administration's policy priorities and the tough task of finding nominees who will pass the confirmation process, experts say.