June 03, 2025
The Fourth Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision concluding a trucking company in Virginia made an illegal threat to workers in response to a union organizing push, and also clarified what messages from employers are protected under federal labor law.
March 03, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board based its conclusion that a Virginia trucking company sabotaged a union drive on employee testimony without properly considering the employer's side of the story, the company argued to the Fourth Circuit, asking the appellate court to overturn the board's ruling.
October 10, 2024
A Virginia trucking company's owner was exaggerating when he told his staff they would have gotten raises if it wasn't for a union "trying to steal money out of your paychecks," the company told the Fourth Circuit, saying the "hyperbolic" statement was protected by the First Amendment.