🗞️ The Case That Won't Die: Browning-Ferris and the Decade-Long Battle Over Who's the Boss

The NLRB's April 2026 denial of Browning-Ferris's reconsideration motion closes the book on a 13-year legal odyssey, but the joint employer question it ignited remains as unsettled as ever.

🗞️ Bonuses Burned: Mississippi HVAC Firm Owes 140 Workers $122K in Back Pay

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $122,476 in back wages for 140 workers at AirSouth LLC, a Mississippi HVAC company, after finding the employer failed to include bonuses in overtime calculations and withheld final paychecks from two employees.

🗞️ Supply Chain Shield: Labor Department Rolls Out Four New Tools to Combat Foreign Labor Abuse

The U.S. Department of Labor launched four voluntary self-assessment tools to help businesses identify forced labor risks in global supply chains and comply with federal import law.

📃 April 07, 2026 Representation Filings

7 Representation Case Filings, 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing, and 1 Representation Management Case Filing

⚖️ April 07, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings

23 Charges Against Employers and 7 Charges Against Labor Organizations

🗞️ Silenced at the Hiring Hall: How ILA Local 1694 Used a Longshoreman's Livelihood to Punish His Dissent

The NLRB found ILA Local 1694 violated federal labor law by systematically blocking a dissident worker from job referrals in retaliation for writing complaint letters to union leadership, ruling that walking away was entirely reasonable.

🗞️ How One Telecom's Severance Agreement Crossed the Line

The NLRB ruled Prime Communications' severance agreements unlawfully silenced former employees, reaffirming federal protections against overbroad nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses in the workplace.

🗞️ When the Union Becomes the Bully: ILA Local 1526 Found Guilty of Retaliating Against Its Own Members

The NLRB found ILA Local 1526 violated federal labor law by failing to fairly represent a member's seniority claim and threatening workers who filed charges or testified against the union.

🗞️ When Management Steps In: The NLRB's Century Linen Ruling and Its Implications for Decertification

The NLRB ruled that Century Linen & Uniform violated federal labor law when management directly assisted an employee decertification effort, rendering the resulting petition legally tainted and the company's subsequent withdrawal of union recognition unlawful.

🗞️ Grounded: NLRB Orders Charlotte Airport Contractor to Bargain With Union After Three-Year Standoff

An NLRB ruling orders Jetstream Ground Services to bargain with SEIU Local 32BJ after the Charlotte airport contractor refused for nearly three years, even as it claimed to be dissolving its business.

🗞️ The Boss Can't Take Your Tips: Federal Labor Investigators Recover $85,000 From a Texas Coffee Bar That Broke the Rules

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $85,197 for 36 workers at a Buda, TX coffee bar after its general manager illegally participated in the employee tip pool, voiding the employer's tip credit and triggering full minimum wage liability.

📃 April 06, 2026 Representation Filings

12 Representation Case Filings, 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing, and 3 Representation Management Case Filings