A recent Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel enforced part and declined to enforce another part of an NLRB ruling that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act by telling employees that the union’s...more
6/24/2025
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Employer Rights ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
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Protected Concerted Activity ,
Unions
By Executive Order dated March 27, 2025, entitled, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” President Trump moved to end collective bargaining with unions at 18 federal agencies and urged them to void...more
4/14/2025
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Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Labor Relations ,
National Security ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Public Employees ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
On Valentine’s Day, the Acting NLRB General Counsel, William B. Cowen, delivered a greeting card of sorts to his staff and the public signaling a new direction for the agency....more
2/24/2025
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Employees ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Presidential Appointments ,
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Unions
On December 10, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, sitting in the District of Columbia, ruled that the job protections afforded NLRB Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) are unconstitutional because they impede the...more