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February 09, 2026
The largest and longest nurses' strike in New York City history may soon come to a close, with the nurses' union reaching a deal with two hospital systems and on track to reach a deal with the third.
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February 09, 2026
An arbitration award siding with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers over DirecTV's layoff of technicians should be vacated, the company told a Colorado federal court, arguing that the arbitrator improperly altered the parties' collective bargaining agreement to restrict DirecTV's right to subcontract work.
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February 09, 2026
A labor coalition urged the First Circuit to revive a challenge to the Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees last year, defending its right to sue and disputing that two niche agencies should get the first crack at its claims.
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February 09, 2026
An operator of bars and restaurants at John F. Kennedy International Airport underpaid employees for years by unlawfully taking a tip credit, requiring off-the-clock work and undermining seniority protections guaranteed by a labor contract, two former bartenders alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed in New York federal court.
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February 09, 2026
Seyfarth Shaw LLP's employment team locked in an arbitration win for an energy company accused of wage violations, successfully defended Seattle in a pandemic-related battle and shut down a long-running California labor code suit against Columbia Sportswear, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2026
A lawsuit challenging the termination of over 500 Voice of America employees should be dismissed, the U.S. Agency of Global Media told a D.C. federal court, because the deputy CEO of the government-owned broadcasting service was properly appointed when she ordered the layoffs.
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February 09, 2026
Boeing must face a proposed class action accusing it of excluding workers on long-term disability leave from a $12,000 bonus, as a Washington federal judge denied the company's dismissal motion and remanded the suit to state court, where it was originally filed.
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February 06, 2026
A Missouri federal judge dismissed the state's suit claiming that Starbucks' diversity policies discriminate based on race and gender, finding that its complaint is "devoid of non-conclusory and non-speculative allegations establishing any actual, concrete and particularized injuries to Missouri citizens."
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February 06, 2026
A Colorado federal judge on Friday dismissed a grocery store employee's proposed class action against Kroger and Albertsons alleging the pair violated antitrust law through a no-poach agreement to not hire competitor employees during a strike.
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February 06, 2026
A group of environmental services employees at a California hospital can vote on whether to join a bargaining unit represented by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled Friday.
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February 06, 2026
A New York federal judge tossed Friday a white former Verizon worker's suit claiming he was discriminated against after he was fired for saying a racial slur on a lunch break, ruling his remaining claims are best left for a state court to resolve.
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February 06, 2026
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors sought to expand on an NLRB judge's decision finding that a film production company illegally fired a script supervisor over her union activity, telling the board Friday that the judge incorrectly cleared the company of another employee's claims.
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February 06, 2026
This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will consider granting preliminary approval to a $6 million class action settlement resolving allegations from home health aides who claimed a provider did not pay them for all hours they worked during live-in shifts.
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February 06, 2026
The Ninth Circuit should walk back a six-year-old decision that gave unions a tool to complicate interunion disputes over what work their members perform, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors said, urging the court to overturn a piece of case law known as Kinder Morgan.
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February 06, 2026
A union pension fund has filed a lawsuit against the Boston Globe in D.C. federal court, accusing the news organization of failing to pay monthly contributions and provide records of the hours employees worked.
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February 06, 2026
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a discrimination case against a utility district. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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February 05, 2026
The National Mediation Board's recent ruling that SpaceX falls within its jurisdiction is poised to end a National Labor Relations Board case challenging the firings of workers who criticized CEO Elon Musk, though it opens the company to different — and potentially costly — legal woes.
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February 05, 2026
The Second Circuit on Thursday refused to halt pending National Labor Relations Board proceedings against a nursing home and a group of affiliated facilities accused of federal labor law violations, finding that the companies failed to show they'd suffer irreparable harm if the proceedings continued.
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February 05, 2026
Nexstar's objection to a National Labor Relations Board order requiring it to bargain with a news station in Rochester, New York, rests on a "painful misunderstanding" of labor law, the Communications Workers of America told the Second Circuit, urging the court to enforce the order.
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February 05, 2026
The Sixth Circuit backed a trial court's ruling that an arbitration agreement didn't apply to a Black ex-security officer's suit claiming Detroit's Renaissance Center failed to address concerns that white officers mistreated their Black co-workers, ruling a grammatical decision in the pact keeps his case in court.
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February 05, 2026
The Trump administration Thursday announced a final rule to create a new category of federal workers who would have fewer job protections and be easier to fire, implementing an executive order from early last year that could affect 50,000 employees at federal agencies.
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February 05, 2026
Medical department employees at an Iowa health center can vote on being represented by a Teamsters local, a National Labor Relations Board official has ruled, finding that the unit they're petitioning for doesn't need to include workers from the center's other departments or locations.
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February 05, 2026
The United Auto Workers and Volkswagen reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract covering more than 3,000 workers at a plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which if ratified would become a landmark initial contract for Southern autoworkers.
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February 04, 2026
An American Federation of Teachers affiliate may move forward with a union representation election at a trio of South Jersey nursing homes, with a National Labor Relations Board official greenlighting the election Wednesday.
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February 04, 2026
A group of public sector unions asked an Oregon federal court Wednesday to toss a free market think tank's suit challenging a state law that allows unions to sue anyone who impersonates union representatives, arguing that the foundation's claims against the unions fail because the unions aren't state actors.