Aaron T. Vance: Early moves at the NLRB signal changes to come
The changes, along with the early actions of Acting General Counsel William Cowen, signal an intention of rolling back Biden-era measures.
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Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX challenge labor agency’s constitutionality in federal court
Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX argued in a federal appeals court Monday that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional, advancing a legal fight that may last into the Trump administration where Musk is expected to oversee bureaucratic cost-cutting.
Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court
After Starbucks fired seven workers who were trying to unionize their Tennessee store, a U.S. government agency obtained a court order forcing the company to rehire them. Now, Starbucks wants the Supreme Court to curb the government’s power in such cases.
Unfair labor complaint filed against Notre Dame over athletes
An unfair labor complaint was filed Thursday against the University of Notre Dame for classifying college athletes as “student-athletes.”
Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal
Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company.
Funk and Preller: Confidentiality, non-disparagement, noncompete restrictions
Can an employer ask an employee to sign a confidentiality, non-disparagement or noncompete agreement?
Hollis: Noncompetes: Impact of proposed FTC rule, NLRB memo
Noncompete agreements have been a longstanding topic of debate in employment law. In 2023, the federal government inserted itself into the debate.
States seek to let teens as young as 14 serve booze in restaurants
There’s a growing trend among states to propose and enact legislation allowing teens — as young as 14 — to serve alcohol in restaurants, among laws rolling back other child labor limits.
7th Circuit imposes NLRB proposed sanctions, fine in collective bargaining case
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has found a northern Indiana construction company in contempt and imposed most of the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed sanctions against the company, including a $192,400 fine.
Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily
Starbucks on Monday asked the National Labor Relations Board to temporarily suspend all union elections at its U.S. stores, citing allegations from a board employee that regional NLRB officials improperly coordinated with union organizers.
NLRB upholds ‘successor bar doctrine’ in Mooresville union dispute
The Teamsters will continue to represent the workers at the US Brick operation in Mooresville after a split National Labor Relations Board denied a request for review of a decision and order that found the successor bar doctrine blocked a decertification vote.
Workers at Mooresville brick plant trying to overturn ‘successor bar’ doctrine in decertification fight
Mooresville brick makers unhappy with their union are asking the National Labor Relations Board to override the decision of the regional director and allow them to take a decertification vote.
NLRB decision creates union decertification limbo
A handful of laborers in northwest Indiana who want to oust their union are instead having to cool their heels because, their attorney says, the National Labor Relations Board is not following the new rule it finalized last year specifically meant to prevent delays in votes on union representation.
Union leaders decry Indiana’s high rate of worker deaths
Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher than the national average.
Lawsuit accuses Hobart-based company of disrupting unionizing push
A union is accusing an Indiana-based maker of gummi bears and other candies of disrupting its efforts to organizer the factory’s workers.