/employment-authority/labor?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Authority Labor Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:05:36 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350647 Employees of the federal agency that provides grants and resources to public libraries cannot immediately get blocked President Donald Trump's executive order dismantling the agency, a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Friday, saying there is a likelihood the case belongs in the Court of Federal Claims. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:36:25 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350438 The American Guild of Musical Artists and the Metropolitan Opera announced Friday that the parties saw eye-to-eye on a tentative agreement for a one-year collective bargaining agreement, saying the deal includes wage hikes. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:25:52 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350474?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350474 California's labor commissioner asked a federal court Friday to toss a lawsuit challenging the state's law prohibiting so-called captive audience meetings, arguing that the nonprofit that sued to block the law lacks standing because it hasn't sufficiently alleged an injury or "a credible threat of prosecution." Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:02:13 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350426 Three federal worker unions urged a Massachusetts federal judge not to toss their challenge to the president's deferred resignation offer, saying the personnel agencies the government wants to send their suit to can't decide their claims or give them a fair shake. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:49:03 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350367 A nuclear plant operator unlawfully refused to give an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local information about wages for workers the union didn't represent, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding the company must still hand over the information even though the parties notched a labor contract. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:50:27 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2340320?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2340320 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency could obtain unlimited access to Social Security Administration data on millions of Americans while a legal dispute over privacy concerns plays out. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:19:49 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350405 The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that the judge's finding that almost 1,400 employees must be reinstated to ensure the department's continued operation "has no basis in reality." Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:50:56 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350129?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350129 An Eighth Circuit panel will mull how federal labor law applies to workers' support for social causes Wednesday as it hears Home Depot's challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that it illegally forced out a worker who wrote "BLM" on their apron. Here, Â鶹´«Ã½360 breaks down what to expect from the case. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:47:57 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2348365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2348365 In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit regarding the extent to which federal labor law preempts employment law claims, in a case involving UPS. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:43:44 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350120 A longtime Teamsters member in Pittsburgh urged a federal judge not to dismiss his allegations accusing the union of age discrimination and breaching its duty of fair representation when he wasn't hired to work on a Tom Hanks film, saying the claims must head to discovery. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:54:32 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350304 This week, the Second Circuit will consider an attempt from a former dean at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University to revive his suit claiming he was demoted in retaliation for advocating against widespread discrimination against students and faculty. Here, Â鶹´«Ã½360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:14:40 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350081 A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:08:47 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350084?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350084 An American Federation of Teachers affiliate settled a federal court case aiming to stop a Connecticut hospital from requiring nurses to work overtime, with the parties telling the judge on Thursday that they agree to dismiss the union's allegations. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:53:41 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350070?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2350070 Starbucks Workers United celebrated after workers at a 600th Starbucks store voted to be represented by the union, the latest milestone in the four-year effort to organize the coffee giant. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:41:17 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349963 A trio of federal agencies can't nix the remaining claims brought by a federal air marshal union, a Pennsylvania federal judge concluded, denying the government's bid for reconsideration of a prior ruling that allowed the union's allegations about retaliation and interference to go forward. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:46:29 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349935?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349935 SAG-AFTRA members urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive their claims that the union betrayed them by allowing studios to impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates against members with medical and religious objections, arguing that the state claims aren't preempted and "not everything that involves these guilds is a federal matter." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:47:50 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349537?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349537 A National Labor Relations Board judge cleared two Las Vegas hospitals of most of the unfair labor practice claims filed against them by two unions in a decision raising concerns about the NLRB guarding "against censorship creep" when agency attorneys make claims over the legality of an employer's statements. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:04:40 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349334?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349334 The U.S. labor secretary told a U.S. House committee Thursday that the Department of Labor will continue to combat wage theft even with fewer resources after President Donald Trump's administration proposed cutting the number of wage and hour investigators. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:32:55 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349592?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349592 The First Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to greenlight massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, finding that the administration had not provided enough evidence to overturn a block put in place by a Massachusetts federal judge. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:48:48 +0000 /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349118?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/labor/articles/2349118 A New Jersey contractor told a Third Circuit panel Wednesday that it isn't obliged to negotiate over a successor collective bargaining agreement with union-represented sheet metal workers, arguing it no longer employs any workers represented by the union.