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...
by travisadmin | Aug 4, 2020 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Weather Service Employees Ass’n v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (DC Cir., No 19-1163, 7/31/2020), the District of Columbia Circuit overruled a decision of the FLRA, for the second time in less than 60 days. In this case, the Weather Service Employees...
by travisadmin | Jul 31, 2020 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In United Auto Workers v. Trane (8th Cir., No. 19-2255, 07/30/2020), the Eighth Circuit of Appeals reversed the district court’s dismissal of claims by the Union seeking to vacate an arbitration award. The Union alleged Trane had breached the terms of the collective...
by travisadmin | Jun 23, 2020 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Darrington v. Milton Hershey School (3rd Cir., No. 19-2754, 5/6/2020), the plaintiff spouses, Bradley and Val Darrington, served as house parents for the defendant school. Following their discharge, they sued the school for religious discrimination and retaliation...
