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AFL-CIO
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Labor & Employment Law Blog
AFL-CIO Sues the Board Over New Rules – AGAIN
By John Bolesta, James Hays, Keahn Morris
Last August, we wrote about three important new rules that the National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) was proposing to issue. As proposed, the new rules reversed existing Board…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
NLRB Prevails in Remaining Challenges to Election Regulations
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued its third, and presumably final, decision in the lawsuit challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s new election rules. In…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Judge Rejects AFL-CIO Effort to Invalidate Entire Election Rule
By Howard M. Bloom, Jonathan J. Spitz, Thomas V. Walsh
The legal saga of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new election rule took another turn on July 1 when a federal judge found the rule was a proper exercise…
Safety Law Matters
After DC Circuit rejects union petition for emergency OSHA rule on COVID-19, union seeks re-hearing
After a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected an AFL-CIO request for an order requiring an emergency OSHA COVID-19 regulation, the union has…
EHS Law Insights
Appeals court rejects AFL-CIO suit seeking to compel OSHA to issue COVID-19 emergency temporary standard
By Daniella D. Landers, Ben H. Patton, Jennifer A. Smokelin, Mary M. Balaster
On May 18, the AFL-CIO filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to compel the Occupational Safety and…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
DC Circuit Court Denies Union’s Suit Against OSHA to Force Emergency Temporary Worker Safety Standard
By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) had brought suit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals against…
Employer Labor Relations
Court Strikes Down Parts of NLRB Representation Election Rules in Eleventh-Hour Decision
By: Kyllan B. Kershaw Portions of the NLRB’s expansive new representation election rules--scheduled to go into effect on May 31, 2020 following a COVID-19 related delay--were struck down by court…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
AFL-CIO Files Emergency Petition Demanding Formal COVID-19 Action from OSHA
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), along with other unions, advocacy groups, and some members of Congress, repeatedly has criticized OSHA’s response to the COVID-19…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
AFL-CIO Asks Federal Court to Overturn New NLRB Election Rule
By Jonathan J. Spitz, Thomas V. Walsh
As expected, the nation’s largest labor organization, the AFL-CIO, has filed suit in the Washington, D.C., federal court to stay implementation of, and ultimately invalidate, the National Labor Relations Board’s…
Employer Labor Relations
Labor Unions are Increasingly Focused on the Future of Work
By Ashley K. Laken and Kyllan B. Kershaw Seyfarth Synopsis: As the future of work continues to take shape, labor unions are taking notice and adjusting their strategies and their…