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...
by Mark Travis | Jul 6, 2021 | Labor Law
In Adamo Demolition Company v. International Union of Operating Engineers (6th Cir., No. 20-1163, 07/02/2021), the Company sued the Union and its president for various tort claims arising out of a dispute over staffing one of the Company’s projects. The trial...
by Mark Travis | Apr 10, 2021 | Labor Law
In United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC v. LLFlex, LLC, 2021 WL 1123301 (6th Cir., March 24, 2021), the Sixth Circuit, in a split decision, held that a dispute between a...
by Mark Travis | Aug 26, 2020 | Labor Law
In Thompson v. Marietta [OH] Education Ass’n, (6th Cir. No. 19-4217, 8/25/20), the court affirmed summary judgment for a teachers’ union and school board against Thompson’s claims that Ohio’s system of exclusive representation for teachers violated...