In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 1 decided that a union’s deliberate destruction of company property as a pressure tactic in a labor dispute is not protected by federal law. Labor activists have said that endangering and destroying company property during a dispute is fair game that has long been protected…
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Unions, Rules Company Can Sue For Damage Caused by Strike
June 1, 2023
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Starbucks Ordered by Federal Judge to Reinstate Seven Workers Fired Trying to Unionize
August 19, 2022
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On Aug. 18, a federal district judge ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven workers who were fired for organizing a union drive at a store in Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl H. Lipman ruled that the coffee company failed to prove that it consistently enforced similar company policies at other locations under similar circumstances….
Amazon Agrees to NYC Union Election Terms, Setting Stage for 2 Votes in March
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board said Wednesday that Amazon.com Inc. and a group of New York workers have agreed tentatively on terms for a union election, and an organizer said the vote would take place late next month. The agreement lays out the election’s timing and how to vote, the NLRB said, without providing…
Federal Labor Board’s Staff Cheered Biden’s Unprecedented Firing of Trump-Appointed General Counsel
When President Joe Biden fired then-National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb within minutes of taking the oath of office on Jan. 20, career staffers cheered, according to internal emails obtained by the National Right to Work Foundation. Biden’s demand that Robb resign his post by the end of the official business day was…
Documents Demanded on Firing of Labor Panel’s Top Lawyers
National Right to Work Foundation (NRTWF) officials are demanding copies of all documents relating to President Joe Biden’s unprecedented firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) two top lawyers. The lawyers were NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb and his deputy, Alice Stock, who briefly replaced her former boss. They were both subsequently replaced on…
Right to Work Group Demands Documents on Firing of Labor Panel’s Top Lawyers
National Right to Work Foundation (NRTWF) officials are demanding copies of all documents related to President Joe Biden’s unprecedented firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) two top lawyers. The lawyers were NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb and his deputy, Alice Stock, who briefly replaced her former boss; they were both subsequently replaced on…
Federal Court Upholds Nurse’s Right Not to Fund Union Lobbying
A federal appeals court rejected a healthcare union’s request that the judges reconsider their decision upholding the right of nurses to not be required to fund the labor group’s political lobbying. The United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) union had asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reconsider its September…
House GOPers Seek White House Documents on ‘Unprecedented’ Firings of Labor Board Lawyers
Four House Republicans want to see all official documents from President Joe Biden’s White House and one of his cabinet-level transition teams on the firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) two top lawyers. Biden fired NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb near the end of his first day in the Oval Office, then fired…
House Republicans Seek White House Documents on ‘Unprecedented’ Firings of NLRB Lawyers
Four House Republicans want to see all official documents from President Joe Biden’s White House and one of his Cabinet-level transition teams related to the firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) two top lawyers. Biden fired NLRB general counsel Peter Robb near the end of the president’s first day in the Oval Office,…
Dems, Union Leaders Cheer Biden’s Firing of National Labor Relations Board Lawyer
Washington Democrats and their traditional labor union allies are cheering President Joe Biden’s firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) General Counsel even though Peter Robb’s four-year term had nine months left. House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott praised Biden, saying in a statement issued Wednesday shortly after Robb declined a request…
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