Seventh Circuit Skeptical of NLRB 10(j) Injunctions After Starbucks v. McKinney
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The NLRB faced sharp questioning from two Republican-appointed Seventh Circuit judges over its bid for a temporary bargaining order against a truck dealership and related staffing companies. The argument is significant: it’s the next test of how aggressively the Supreme Court’s 2024 Starbucks v. McKinney decision narrows the Board’s most effective enforcement tool. Section 10(j)…
Read More Rieth-Riley: The Sixth Circuit’s Roadmap on Multiemployer Withdrawal, Lockouts, and ULP Strikes
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The Sixth Circuit denied Rieth-Riley Construction Co.’s petition for review and enforced the NLRB’s order requiring the Indiana-based contractor to bargain in good faith with Local 324, IUOE — capping a nearly decade-long dispute and producing a useful set of black-letter lessons for any employer facing multiemployer bargaining issues. The dispute started in 2018 when…
Read More Joint Employer Rule Reversion — What Construction (and Others) Needs to Know
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
On February 27, 2026, the NLRB issued a final rule withdrawing the Biden-era joint employer standard and replacing it with the standard adopted during Trump’s first administration in 2020. A federal court had already vacated the 2023 Biden rule, finding it “contrary to law” and “arbitrary and capricious.” The new framework is significantly simpler. The…
Read More Eighth Circuit: Withdraw Recognition After Decertification Vote At Your Peril
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
I’ve probably withdrawn recognition of unions more times than most labor lawyers, so this case hits close to home. The Eighth Circuit recently ruled in Midwest Division-RMC, LLC v. NLRB that a Kansas City hospital did not violate the NLRA when it stopped recognizing a union immediately after employees voted to decertify it — even…
Read More The Teamsters Fearless Slate Takes On Sean O’Brien
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The Teamsters’ November 2026 leadership elections will feature a serious challenge to General President Sean O’Brien from the Fearless slate — Richard Hooker Jr. for President and John Palmer for Secretary-Treasurer. The dispute reflects deep tensions inside one of the most consequential unions in America. O’Brien’s tenure has been defined by an unusual public alignment…
Read More DOL Launches Union Financial Transparency Tool
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
he Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards has launched a new tool giving union members and the public clearer information about how unions spend their money — including political donations, salaries, and operational categories. The previous reporting software did not fully meet accessibility laws. The new tool aims to make union financial disclosures (LM-2…
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