by Mark Travis | Feb 23, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In National Nurses Organizing Committee – Missouri & Kansas/National Nurses United v. Midwest Division – RMC LLC, 8th Cir., No. 21-2200 (2/17/22), the Union filed a grievance against the employer-hospital over the Hospital’s posting of a “staffing grid” which...
by Mark Travis | Feb 12, 2022 | Arbitration, Title VII
Last week, both the House and Senate passed, on a bipartisan basis, the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2021” as an amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act. Although the House and Senate versions were different, the Senate ultimately passed the...
by Mark Travis | Feb 2, 2022 | Labor Law
In American Federation of Government Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, D.C. Cir., No. 20-1938 (1/28/22) the petitioner Union challenged a 2020 Policy Statement of the Federal Labor Relations Authority that announced for the first time that zipper clauses...
by Mark Travis | Feb 2, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Johnson Controls Security Solutions, LLC v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 103, No. 21-1460, 2022 WL 262963 (1st Cir. 1/28/22), the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s declaratory judgment in favor of Johnson...
by Mark Travis | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
In American Federation of Government Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, D.C. Circuit, No. 20-1396 (2/1/22) the union challenged a Federal Labor Relations Authority (“FLRA”) policy statement dealing with a management-initiated change to the...
