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At a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on October 21, 2025, one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) pledged that he would remain independent and resist any directive from the former president to rule in favor of companies such as Amazon or SpaceX in labor disputes with their workers. The […]

The Third Circuit recently overturned a $3.5 million judgment previously awarded to a local union representing pipe fitters and plumbers in a dispute with a commercial real estate company over pension contributions tied to overtime hours. The ruling underscores the importance of precise language in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) and highlights ongoing questions about how

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has dropped a lawsuit challenging an effort by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — set up by the Saule Omarova-led CFPB — that would have granted DOGE broad access to personnel and employment data at the agency. The move comes as the union recalibrates its strategy while continuing

A New Jersey state-court judge is now hearing arguments in a case that highlights a recurring tension between state-level discrimination claims and federally mandated labor law protections. The state of New Jersey brought a lawsuit against a local union alleging discriminatory job-referral practices. But the union—backed by broader doctrine under the National Labor Relations Act

The fight between Amazon and the labor-regulation apparatus has reached a new, possibly pivotal stage. On September 15, 2025, the appeals court for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments over whether a federal anti-injunction statute should block Amazon from stalling an ongoing NLRB enforcement proceeding — or whether the company can use constitutional arguments to force

An association of builders has asked Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) — joined by others — to persuade the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (11th Circuit) to block a sweeping labor-agreement mandate tied to federal construction contracts. The mandate, issued as Executive Order 14063 by Joe Biden, requires that every federal

A recent hearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) has spotlighted a thorny question under the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) — namely, when an employee’s public criticism of their employer remains shielded under federal labor law. The case arises from a ruling that a Texas utility

A unanimous three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the termination of about 30 former employees of Northwell Health. These workers said they had requested religious exemptions from Northwell’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and were fired when their requests were denied. The appellate court ruled their

The New York Labor Law § 220 (NYLL § 220) — which guarantees “prevailing wage” protections for certain public-works laborers, mechanics, and workers — may soon apply more broadly than many contractors realized, thanks to a recent ruling by United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit). On September 9, 2025, the

The Trump administration has taken the position that courts cannot review executive orders that instruct federal agencies to cancel union contracts. In the case at hand, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has challenged such an order, claiming it unlawfully undermines collective bargaining. The administration responded by arguing that Congress granted the president broad discretion