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Campbell's sought dismissal of a former employee's proposed collective action alleging the soup producer didn't compensate workers for time spent putting on personal protective equipment, telling a New Jersey federal judge the claims must first be assessed in the grievance process under a labor contract.

A legal support consulting firm is likely to prove that removal protections for National Labor Relations Board members and agency judges violate the U.S. Constitution, a Texas federal judge ruled, citing a recent Fifth Circuit ruling to support blocking some board proceedings against the company.

Verizon's challenge to a federal magistrate judge's report about a fired white employee's race bias allegation incorrectly characterizes the court's analysis, the worker argued, defending the judge's recommendation that the company's summary judgment bid to toss a discrimination claim should be denied.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it's joined the list of federal agencies to cut ties with the unions representing its workers, although those unions said Friday they haven't been informed of any such rebuke.

The NAACP and several unions can't halt the Trump administration from shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, a Maryland federal judge ruled, finding the U.S. Supreme Court's stays of lower court orders related to the agency's dismantling indicate the plaintiffs aren't likely to win on their claims.

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors amended an unfair labor practice case seeking a Cemex bargaining order against Wells Fargo, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by Law360 on Friday, adding a claim that the bank illegally disciplined a union supporter.

An insulation company must abide by an arbitration award requiring it to stop having workers do two jobs at once, an Ohio federal judge ruled, finding the arbitrator's decision is valid based on an analysis from the Sixth Circuit.

Republic Services requested an injunction to halt a Teamsters local from blocking access to the waste collection company's property around Boston and physically assaulting workers during a strike, claiming local police departments are not taking steps to stop unlawful conduct.

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.

The Seventh Circuit must reverse a lower court ruling about an arbitration dispute with Republic Airways, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and one of its locals argued, claiming the airline "bulldozes" the Railway Labor Act to ax an arbitration award.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Ninth Circuit greenlighted the Trump administration's request to pause a lower court ruling requiring the government to turn over its layoff and reorganization plans in the case disputing whether the president can lawfully reshape federal agencies without congressional approval.

A plumbing company in Illinois violated federal labor law by threatening to fire workers and refusing to negotiate in good faith with their union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding a one-year extension of the certification year and notice reading remedies are justified.

A CWA local representing New York City Police Department traffic enforcement agents demanded $1 million in damages in a federal suit aiming to block its placement in a trusteeship, with the affiliate claiming a temporary administrator from the parent union used the local's funds as a "personal piggy bank."