Employment Litigation, Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA), Bargaining Units

Is Darth Vader Luring AI to the Dark Side of Labor Law? Why Latest Union Battle Means Employers Should Proceed with Caution

Fisher Phillips on 5/27/2025

A video game developer needs to hope that the Force is with it as it squares off with a union over the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace. SAG-AFTRA just filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against Epic...more

Illinois Supreme Court Holds A Violation Of BIPA Occurs And Accrues With Each Scan

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 3/30/2023

The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., No. 128004 that a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “Act” or “BIPA”) occurs and accrues every time a scan of a...more

NLRB Issues Reprieve for Unionized Employers Seeking to Make Unilateral Changes

Littler on 9/19/2019

Many employers loathe the prospect of unionization due to the potential of a union hampering such employer’s ability to make operational changes to adapt to business demands. Many employers signatory to a collective...more

NLRB Changes Course on Unilateral Employer Action Standard

FordHarrison on 9/13/2019

In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) reversed long-held Board precedent regarding when unionized employers may unilaterally change a term or condition of employment without violating the...more

NLRB Adopts “Contract Coverage” Standard, Making it Easier for Employers to Make Unilateral Changes Under their Collective...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/12/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 10, in a 3-1 decision, the NLRB in MV Transportation, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 66 (Sept. 10, 2019), adopted the “contract coverage” standard in replacement for its previous “clear and unmistakable...more

Board Upholds Enforcement of Pre-Hire Arbitration Agreement

Littler on 5/29/2019

The alternative dispute resolution landscape continues to evolve for employers with unionized workforces. Anheuser-Busch, LCC, 367 NLRB 123 (May 22, 2019), is the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest decision on the...more

Court Upholds ULP Finding Against Employer Despite Union “Gamesmanship”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/23/2017

An employer that withdraws recognition from a union as the exclusive bargaining agent of its employees does so, as the Board and Courts say, “at its peril.” It’s a risky move, one that requires objective evidence that a union...more

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