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Broad Street Brief: Parker Admin Strikes Deal with DC47

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Parker Admin Strikes Deal with DC47- Mayor Cherelle Parker reached a tentative contract agreement on Tuesday with AFSCME District Council 47, Philadelphia’s white collar City workers union. The successful negotiations...more

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Beyond the Bargaining Table: How Non-Profits Can Successfully Navigate Unionized Workplaces

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If you're a non-profit leader, chances are you wear many hats: fundraiser, mission champion, crisis responder, community builder. But if your workforce is unionized, there’s another important hat that you may need to wear:...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds Work-Preservation Defense Available in Section 8(b)(4)(D) Jurisdictional Disputes

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Sometimes employers are subject to multiple collective bargaining agreements (CBA’s) that allow different unions to perform the same work for the employer. When this issue arises, the employer cannot resolve the dispute...more

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Change in Status Quo Renders Striking Employees Eligible for Unemployment Compensation Benefits

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently held that employees on strike were entitled to unemployment compensation (“UC”) benefits for the duration of their work stoppage because their employer had taken steps not...more

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National State Employment Law Update - November 2024

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In this brief update, we detail several changes impacting employers in jurisdictions across the nation. California- •California’s Department of Industrial Relations issued updated FAQs for the State’s Private Attorney...more

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D.C. Circuit: NLRB Must Weigh Contract-Based Defenses and Enforce Lawful CBA Provisions

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sent an unfair labor practice case back to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) because the agency failed to consider the contract-based defenses of an employer accused of...more

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The Art of the Deal: Writers’ and Actors’ Strikes Will Provide Lessons for All

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In the 1980 sequel to Star Wars, the Empire Strikes Back, the Imperial fleet of the Evil Empire, ruled by Darth Vader, attacks the Rebels and heroes of Star Wars: Han Solo, Leia, Chewbacca, C3PO and crew. In the end, the...more

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Major League Baseball Owners Use “Only Tool Available” To Lockout Players

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Major League Baseball (MLB) exercised its legal right and remedy guaranteed pursuant to current federal labor laws when it commenced a lockout of its players shortly after the five-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA)...more

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Walkout Wednesday—What Rights Do Employers Have?

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Walkouts by non-union employees have increased sharply over the past couple of years. “Walkout Wednesdays” have become a favorite organizing strategy for labor unions. Unions, like SEIU, make a significant investment of their...more

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Jury Shocker: 93 Million Reasons Why The ILWU May Soon Cease To Exist

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A recent $93.6 million verdict from an Oregon jury has the potential to bankrupt a union that some describe as one of the strongest and most militant in the United States—the International Longshore and Warehouse Union...more

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Negotiating a Labor Contract: Finding the Style that Suits You

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Day one of labor negotiations for a new labor contract. The prior three years had been uneventful, very few grievances, a good business climate, and the two negotiating committees chatted amicably as they waited for their...more

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D.C. Circuit Rules That Off-Duty Employees Had A Right To Picket On Hospital Property

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Seyfarth Synopsis: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules that the NLRB properly found that a hospital violated the NLRA by threatening employees with discipline and arrest for peacefully picketing on hospital...more

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Biometric Data Privacy Act Class Action Dismissed for Lack of Actual Injury

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A federal district court in the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a putative class action alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act — known as the BIPA — holding that the allegation of a mere...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

En Banc 9th Circuit: No Arbitration of State Claims by Unionized Employees, Unless Collective Bargaining Agreement Must Be...

• To compel a union employee’s state law claim into arbitration based on RLA or LMRA preemption, an employer must prove that (1) the CBA is the “only source” of the right that the employee asserts and (2) litigating the state...more

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San Francisco Ordinance Requires Cannabis Business Permit Applicants to Enter into “Labor Peace Agreements”

Earlier this month, San Francisco’s Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee unanimously approved an ordinance that requires certain cannabis business permit applicants to agree to enter into a collective bargaining...more

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Dictamen sobre la iniciativa de decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Constitución Política de...

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El pasado 13 de octubre de 2016 se aprobó por unanimidad dentro del Senado de la República el proyecto de reforma por el que se modifican y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos...more

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Mexico: Senate Approves Initiative to Amend Labor Justice Provisions of Mexican Constitution

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On October 13, 2016, the Senate of the Republic unanimously approved an initiative that amends several of the Labor Justice provisions of the Mexican Constitution regarding employment dispute hearings and union...more

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