Bev Banks

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security can't defeat unions' suit alleging the agency's move to end a collective bargaining agreement covering Transportation Security Administration workers is retaliatory, a Washington federal judge ruled, finding the district court has jurisdiction to weigh in on the case.

George Washington University Hospital called on the full D.C. Circuit to reconsider a panel decision enforcing the National Labor Relations Board's determinations that the hospital bargained in bad faith, arguing the panel's judgment conflicted with precedent from the appeals court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Starbucks violated federal labor law by telling workers their wages would "essentially be frozen" during contract talks, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Monday, while determining the company lawfully commented about the possibility of negotiations lasting more than a year.

A California federal court must grant class certification to truck drivers at a construction materials company that allegedly underpaid workers by rounding on time cards, a former employee argued, saying the workers did not receive accurate wage statements.

The Department of Veterans Affairs terminated its collective bargaining agreements with several unions representing thousands of employees, and the agency said its decision follows President Donald Trump's executive order looking to end labor contracts across the federal government.

Alcoa USA Corp. lost its bid to pause an injunction reinstating lifetime healthcare benefits for a class of unionized retirees, their surviving spouses and dependents, with an Indiana federal judge finding the Seventh Circuit is likely to uphold the lower court's reasoning.

The Department of Veterans Affairs terminated its collective bargaining agreements with several unions representing thousands of employees, and the agency said its decision follows President Donald Trump's executive order looking to end labor contracts across the federal government.

A cattle hide processor in Minnesota did not violate federal labor law by demoting an employee who filed a grievance seeking extra compensation, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding the company lawfully reassigned the worker after he did not complete a task.

A union representing thousands of foreign service workers called on a D.C. federal judge to determine that President Donald Trump went too far with an executive order gutting collective bargaining rights for federal workers, alleging the directive violates the First Amendment.

NLRB Official OKs SEIU Vote For Pittsburgh Hospital Nurses

Some nursing staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's women's hospital will decide whether they want to be represented by a Service Employees International Union affiliate, a National Labor Relations Board regional director found, determining certain charge nurses are not supervisors under federal labor law.

The U.S. Postal Service violated federal labor law by not allowing a union to interview supervisors about another management official accused of harassing employees, a National Labor Relations judge ruled, concluding the union did not seek to question the supervisors in bad faith.

Some nursing staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's women's hospital will decide whether they want to be represented by a Service Employees International Union affiliate, a National Labor Relations Board regional director found, determining certain charge nurses are not supervisors under federal labor law.

A National Labor Relations Board attorney's suit accusing the agency of infringing her First Amendment rights belongs in Washington state, a D.C. federal judge found, transferring the case out of the nation's capital.

Two Michigan laws that classify home caregivers as public employees who can unionize violate the First Amendment, caregivers alleged in a complaint, urging a state court to issue an injunction preventing the certification of a union representation election.

Mich. Home Caregivers Ask State Court To Stop Union Vote

An auto parts maker dropped its Sixth Circuit case claiming the National Labor Relations Board's structure flouts the U.S. Constitution, ending the dispute weeks after the appellate panel appeared unlikely to side with the company.

The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers is seeking more than $470,000 from its former president after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on embezzlement charges last year, according to a complaint filed in Missouri federal court.

A worker represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation asked the Sixth Circuit on Thursday to find the National Labor Relations Board wrongly dismissed his union ouster petitions, arguing that the decertification dismissals flouted federal labor law.

Eight federal agencies lack standing to seek an order giving the green light to end collective bargaining agreements, a Texas federal judge ruled, saying the government's request is "unprecedented" and could open a Pandora's box for executive orders.