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(De)Cease(d)-and-Desist: Supreme Court Deals Blow to NLRB Injunctive Power

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 6/14/2024

On June 13, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or the “Board”) ability to seek injunctive relief during the pendency of an unfair labor practice proceeding. In a near...more

The Pitch - February 2024

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 2/26/2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Not Just Starbucks—Federal Judge Grants 10(j) Injunction against Amazon Based on Employee Termination

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 11/28/2022

As we previously discussed in June 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) pursued a 10(j) injunction against a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York after it fired workers for allegedly engaging in union...more

Appellate Division Holds Attorney General’s COVID-19 Retaliation Claims are Preempted by Federal Law

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 5/18/2022

In February 2021, New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the retailer failed to sufficiently prioritize hygiene, sanitation and social distancing at its fulfillment center...more

Employers Take Note! Labor’s Resurgence Could be Real this Time

Franczek P.C. on 4/19/2022

Despite the always shifting pendulum of labor law, unionization rates in the private sector have decreased and remained low since the 1970’s. However, a recent surge of unionization efforts, coupled with unique economic...more

“What's Going On” With Unionization in America?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/12/2022

A great American songwriter and singer once wrote ”picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality, talk to me so you can see, what's going on...” –Marvin Gaye, 1971...more

The Labor Law Insider: New York Amazon Employees Vote for Union - What Do We Learn?

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/5/2022

Tom Godar, of counsel at Husch Blackwell, and host of the Labor Law Insider, explores the impact of the successful union election campaign at Amazon’s Staten Island distribution center. This is in contrast to the ongoing...more

Amazon Labor Settlement Signals Shifting Seas?

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 12/30/2021

There has been no shortage of news on labor drives at Amazon, the eCommerce giant with over 1.2 million employees. Earlier this year, we reported on one of Amazon’s most notable victories at an Alabama facility—a labor drive...more

The Battle at Bessemer: Round 2 Goes to the Union

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/11/2021

On August 2, 2021, the high profile union campaign at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama took another interesting turn, as a hearing officer with the NLRB recommended that the Board throw out the earlier union election...more

Financial Daily Dose 8.3.2021 | Top Story: NLRB Officer Urges Board to Order Amazon Union Re-Vote

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/3/2021

Big union news on Monday, with a NLRB hearing officer advocating for the Board to set aside the results of an early April union election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama based on the ‘zon allegedly “illegally...more

NLRB to Hear Union Objections to Vote at Amazon Warehouse

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/11/2021

On April 9, 2021, all eyes were on Bessemer, Alabama as votes were counted in the most highly publicized union vote in recent memory. President Biden, politicians, activists, nonprofits, and celebrities all weighed in, and...more

Round One Goes to the Company: Lessons Learned from Amazon's Union Organizing Drive

Baker Donelson on 4/16/2021

On Friday, April 9, 2021, workers for Amazon in Alabama voted by an overwhelming majority to remain union-free, thereby preventing Amazon's first union-organized facility in the United States. According to organized labor,...more

Ask Not For Whom The Bellwether Tolls – It Tolls For Amazon

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 4/12/2021

Today Amazon won a major victory in a union organizing campaign involving one of its Alabama facilities. Pundits have talked up this campaign for months and months, many suggesting that it would serve as a bellwether for a...more

Union organizing on steroids

McAfee & Taft on 4/9/2021

Against the backdrop of a new administration, an evolving workforce, and a changing economy brought about by the pandemic, the landscape for union organizing has radically changed in 2021. While the nation’s attention is...more

Get ready: Union organizing on steroids

McAfee & Taft on 4/2/2021

Against the backdrop of a new administration, an evolving workforce, and a changing economy brought about by the pandemic, the landscape for union organizing has radically changed in 2021. While the nation’s attention is...more

Amazon's Confrontation with Unionization: Some Questions and Answers For Union-Free Employers

Maynard Nexsen on 2/4/2021

Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, will soon decide if they want to remain union-free or to unionize. About 5,000 employees who work at an Amazon Distribution Center will be eligible to vote in an upcoming union...more

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - November 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/7/2017

Social Media, Behavior Policies Tossed by NLRB ALJ - Why it matters - Prohibiting social media activity by employees that “reflect[s] poorly” on the employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), an...more

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - December 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/15/2015

In this month's highlights, a federal court rules that insurance coverage was triggered for the defense of garment hang tag "advertisements" in a trademark/copyright and unfair competition lawsuit…the California Supreme Court...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Time Spent In Mandatory Security Screening at the End of a Workday Is Not Compensable

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/28/2015

The United States Supreme Court issued an interesting decision last month on whether employees who are required to undergo security screening after their work was done should be paid for that time. The Supreme Court found in...more

Time Spent By Warehouse Workers In Security Screening Is Not Compensable Under Fair Labor Standards Act

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 1/28/2015

The employer in this case, Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., provides staffing to Amazon.com throughout the United States. Plaintiffs Jesse Busk and Laurie Castro worked as hourly employees retrieving and packaging products...more

Employment Law - January 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/26/2015

U.S. Supreme Court: Security Screenings Not Compensable - Why it matters: In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that the time spent by...more

Time Spent in Employer-Mandated Security Checks Held Non-Compensable: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions,...

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/26/2015

In a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, a unanimous court held that time spent by employees in mandatory security checks after work is not compensable, unless the screenings are "integral and indispensable" to the principal...more

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