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 | 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 | Jan 24, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
Last week, an arbitrator ruled that former University of Connecticut head basketball coach Kevin Ollie was wrongfully terminated from his job in 2018 and awarded over $11 million in damages. The case is interesting for a number of reasons. First, the arbitrator who...
by Mark Travis | Dec 1, 2021 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In PG Publishing Inc. v. Newspaper Guild-CWA (3rd Cir., No. 20-3475, 11/30/21), the company and union arbitrated a grievance over pension fund contributions by the company. In order to meet pension fund guidelines, the arbitrator issued a 5-paragraph “Arbitration...
by Mark Travis | Nov 30, 2021 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood LLC v. United Steelworkers (4th Cir., No. 20-1759, 11/29/21), the employer Constellium sought to vacate an arbitrator’s award in favor of the union. In the underlying arbitration, the union had contested the employer’s...
