Union’s Intervention In NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Cases Denied By 5th Circuit

( October 17, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a motion filed by the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) to intervene so it could petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review a panel majority’s ruling that three trial courts properly issued preliminary injunctions in three cases challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s constitutionality that halted unfair labor practice complaints against three employers, finding that the fact that the NLRB no longer represents the union’s interests by declining to appeal to the high court was not enough to warrant intervention....