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February 19, 2026
An arbitrator reasonably interpreted and applied a collective bargaining agreement when it ruled that a ready-mix concrete supplier flouted the contract when it didn't release drivers from duty based on seniority, the Eighth Circuit found.
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February 18, 2026
The Gateway Development Commission has urged a New Jersey federal judge to dismiss nearly all claims brought by a Garden State construction company over the use of a project labor agreement on a major segment of the Hudson Tunnel Project, arguing the suit rests on "conclusory and threadbare allegations."
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February 18, 2026
Unions' reach in the private sector ticked up in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's annual union membership survey, while the number of representation elections conducted by the National Labor Relations Board and work stoppages fell.
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February 18, 2026
A nonprofit medical group at the University of Southern California violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with the National Union of Healthcare Workers after its certification as the exclusive bargaining representative for a unit of student health center workers, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday.
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February 18, 2026
The deputy CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media did not have the authority to fire over 500 Voice of America employees, a coalition of journalists and federal employee unions has told a D.C. federal court, asking that their lawsuit challenging the terminations be allowed to proceed.
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February 18, 2026
The Second Circuit on Wednesday backed a ruling that cut a school bus company's pension withdrawal liability to zero, siding with the company's interpretation that federal benefits law entitled it to a discount on what was owed when its employees switched from one union to another.
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February 18, 2026
A newly installed National Labor Relations Board member has indicated he's open to revising the board's merger doctrine, which nixes decertification petitions in instances when a smaller bargaining unit has merged with a larger one.
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February 18, 2026
An Ohio painting contractor violated federal labor law by firing a worker for discussing wages with other employees and maintaining overly broad work rules, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.
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February 18, 2026
A Virginia trucking company must bargain with the union that its workers tried to bring in before the company intimidated them into voting no on union representation, the Fourth Circuit held Wednesday, enforcing a bargaining order issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
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February 18, 2026
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the former head of the Massachusetts State Police union and a Boston lobbyist to two years and 15 months in prison, respectively, after the pair were convicted of orchestrating a kickback scheme.
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February 17, 2026
The American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors on Tuesday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate statements made by Apollo Global Management concerning the private equity firm's alleged ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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February 17, 2026
Accepting a conservative think tank's challenge to an Oregon law that threatens fines for impersonating public-sector unions would clash with decades of precedent on the state's exposure to enforcement challenges, a union attorney said Tuesday in arguments on its bid to toss the suit.
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February 17, 2026
A Washington federal court closed an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case that pit Honeywell International Inc. against a union pension fund Tuesday, shortly after the conglomerate and fund told the court that they've settled the $1.2 million lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.
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February 17, 2026
A Georgia appellate panel on Tuesday upheld a trial court's ruling that a police union breached its contract with a former Atlanta officer by failing to furnish him with legal representation after a high-profile shooting, clearing the way for the case to proceed to trial.
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February 17, 2026
A Denver-based teachers union alleged that Denver Public Schools has refused to participate in arbitration over a former middle school dean's claims she was wrongfully removed from her role, according to a complaint filed in Colorado state court.
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February 17, 2026
Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would establish workplace harassment as a violation of federal civil rights law and solidify protections for LGBTQ+ workers, condemning the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's backtrack on these issues under President Donald Trump's administration.
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February 17, 2026
Wigdor LLP secured settlements on behalf of an actress victimized by Harvey Weinstein and a fintech executive discharged after two pregnancies, and is leading the charge in high-profile employment litigation against the NFL and NCAA, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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February 17, 2026
An arbitrator correctly ordered a Puerto Rico cleaning company to stop withholding holiday pay from workers on vacation, a Service Employees International Union affiliate told a Puerto Rico federal judge Monday, asking her to enforce the arbitration award.
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February 17, 2026
A group of more than 140 ex-federal employees has sued the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies in Maryland federal court, challenging the Trump administration's use of "reductions in force" to make what they contend are politically motivated firings.
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February 13, 2026
A new rule making it easier to fire federal employees is the latest labor proposal the Trump administration has enacted that can be traced to the pre-election conservative policy outline Project 2025, but experts said they expect other ideas from the document beyond those affecting the federal workforce to come to fruition soon.
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February 13, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider a former Con Edison worker's claim that a trial court improperly excluded evidence from trial that limited the amount of backpay that she was able to receive despite the jury finding the energy company retaliated against her.
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February 13, 2026
A federal judge handed the state of Connecticut a narrow win Friday in a lawsuit challenging a state law barring employers from forcing workers to attend mandatory anti-union meetings, finding that one of the business associations in the coalition challenging the measure lacks standing.
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February 13, 2026
A Native American casino and a UNITE HERE local are on track to settle a dispute over whether a 2025 strike violated two tribal ordinances, their attorneys told a California federal judge, asking him to keep the litigation paused for another two weeks while they finalize the deal.
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February 13, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board should classify workers as independent contractors when they have the ability to "make or break" their own business, an employer-group coalition said in a rulemaking petition Friday, asking the agency to center the concept of "entrepreneurial opportunity" in its worker-classification analysis.
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February 13, 2026
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP snagged substantial management-side wins last year, including a decision from the Maryland Supreme Court ruling that the de minimis doctrine for federal wage and hours cases applies to state claims, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.