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February 25, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that GEO Group Inc. cannot immediately appeal a district court decision that found it does not derive sovereign immunity from the federal government in a forced labor class action brought by immigrant detainees.
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February 24, 2026
A General Electric subsidiary violated federal labor law by providing raises to some employees at a Kentucky manufacturing facility without informing a Communications Workers of America affiliate, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday.
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February 24, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge should make Berklee College of Music stop telling on-campus students that classes they take through the school's online continuing education program can count toward their degrees, the faculty union argued Tuesday, saying Berklee is violating an arbitration award designed to protect on-campus faculty work.
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February 24, 2026
A powerful Arizona state lawmaker this week agreed to pause his proposal to establish limits on how much medical providers can seek under the No Surprises Act arbitration system, saying the legislation needs more work and he'll bring it back next year.
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February 24, 2026
The Texas affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers urged a Texas federal court to keep alive its lawsuit challenging a state education department policy directing school districts to report educators over "vile" or "inappropriate" social media comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, arguing that it has plausibly alleged its claims.
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February 24, 2026
A Chicagoland window-film installation company that took a job in New York City without abiding by the area's labor agreement asked a New York federal judge to nix a nearly $400,000 arbitration award against it, arguing that the arbitration board lacked jurisdiction over it.
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February 24, 2026
A Teamsters local violated federal and state law by failing to pay a former employee overtime or provide her with severance pay after the union closed down the office where she worked, according to a complaint filed in Oklahoma federal court.
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February 23, 2026
An arbitrator's decision finding that the National Football League Players Association cannot publicly release annual report cards regarding teams' treatment of players largely dodged questions of when unions can waive speech rights under federal labor law, an outcome that reflects the unique bargaining relationship that spawned the dispute, experts say.
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February 23, 2026
New Jersey's acting attorney general told a state judge Friday that Ironworkers Local 11's bid to inject a new federal ruling into a discrimination case falls flat, arguing in a letter that the union's reliance on the decision misfires because the opinion doesn't address state law discrimination or alter the analysis set forth by applicable U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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February 23, 2026
A network of Bay Area dialysis centers violated federal labor law by withholding annual merit raises from employees and blaming a Service Employees International Union affiliate for doing so, a National Labor Relations Judge ruled Monday.
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February 23, 2026
Union-represented nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian ratified a new contract over the weekend after a six-week strike, bringing an end to the longest nurses' strike in New York City's history.
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February 23, 2026
A farmworkers union has pressed a Washington federal court to reject the U.S. Department of Labor's approval of a wage survey meant to help determine foreign seasonal worker compensation, arguing it entails a "windfall" for growers at domestic farmworkers' expense.
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February 23, 2026
Thousands of striking Kaiser Permanente nurses will return to work Tuesday after four weeks, their union announced Monday, saying "significant movement at the bargaining table" prompted union leaders to agree to call off the West Coast nurses' strike.
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February 23, 2026
In another ruling in a long-running case at the heart of the debate over how to assign shared liability under federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board held on Monday that recycling plant operator Browning-Ferris must negotiate with a contractor's employees.
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February 23, 2026
A San Diego County ordinance requiring private employers to pay prevailing wages to traffic control workers is not preempted by federal labor law, a California federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting a contractor's bid to invalidate the measure.
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February 23, 2026
Mandatory anti-union meetings will continue to be illegal in Minnesota, as the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't resurrect an employer group's challenge to the ban.
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February 23, 2026
Former National Labor Relations Board Chairman Lauren McFerran has been named the new executive director of the AFL-CIO's Technology Institute, the organization has announced.
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February 23, 2026
A federal judge in Massachusetts declined to stop United Parcel Service Inc. from offering drivers $150,000 to leave the company, saying the buyouts can be voided later if they are found to violate a labor agreement.
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February 23, 2026
Boeing lost its bid to escape a Southwest Airlines pilot union's claims that it offered false assurances about the safety of the 737 Max airplane during contract negotiations, with the U.S. Supreme Court saying Monday that it won't review the Texas Supreme Court's decision to allow the suit.
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February 23, 2026
A Virginia federal judge has vacated an arbitrator's award ordering a bus transportation contractor to give a driver his job back after he struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk, finding that the award failed to follow the terms of the collective bargaining agreement with a labor union.
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February 20, 2026
A recent appeal of a National Labor Relations Board judge's ruling that federal labor law protected a worker who complained to a co-worker about a colleague's pay could narrow protections for job actions on the legal margins.
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February 20, 2026
Volkswagen employees have voted to ratify the first labor contract between the automaker and the United Auto Workers covering more than 3,000 workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the union announced.
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February 20, 2026
Striking NewYork-Presbyterian nurses who rejected a contract offer they said lacked safe-staffing guarantees have secured another offer from the hospital containing stronger language on staffing, the nurses' union announced, saying the nurses will vote on whether to accept the second offer this weekend.
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February 20, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether a trial court properly approved opt-in notices for potential members of a federal wage and hour collective action who worked outside the state where the suit was brought.
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February 20, 2026
A TV production company violated federal labor law by firing four employees during filming of a show after it discovered that the workers intended to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.