📃 April 24, 2026 Representation Filings

2 Representation Case Filings and 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing Including Durham School Services, UM Capital Region Medical Center and United Insurance Company of America

⚖️ April 24, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings

41 Charges Against Employers, 10 Charges Against Labor Organizations, 1 Charge Involving Boycotts and Strikes, and 1 Charge Involving Hot Cargo Agreements

🗞️ Complaint Dismissed: NLRB Judge Finds No Link Between Nurses' Complaints and Their Firings

An NLRB judge dismissed a retaliation complaint against Johns Hopkins Medical Associates after two fired nurses could not establish that their workplace safety complaints, rather than a separate IV misuse investigation, motivated their terminations.

🗞️ Roofing Company Cited After Fatal Fall Into Empty Pool, Faces $172,000 in Federal Penalties

Federal regulators cited a Fort Lauderdale roofing firm for willful safety violations after two workers fell from a two-story roof into an empty pool in September 2025, killing one and seriously injuring the other.

📃 April 23, 2026 Representation Filings

5 Representation Case Filings and 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing

⚖️ April 23, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings

21 Charges Against Employers and 6 Charges Against Labor Organizations

🗞️ Trimming the Line: NLRB Rules Cannabis Post-Harvest Workers Can Unionize

The NLRB ruled that BeLeaf Medical's post-harvest cannabis workers are statutory employees, not exempt agricultural laborers, clearing the way for unionization under federal law.

🗞️ Shell Game at the La Quinta: How a New Jersey Hotel Tried to Swap Out Its Union Obligations

The NLRB found a Fairfield, NJ hotel operator created a shell company to escape union contracts, ordering reinstatement of five fired workers and restoration of bargaining rights.

🗞️ A Text Message About Layoffs Cost This Employee His Job. A Labor Board Judge Just Ruled That Was Illegal.

An NLRB judge ruled Solera Holdings illegally fired an employee for texting coworkers about possible layoffs and maintained seven unlawfully overbroad workplace policies that chilled workers' federal labor rights.

🗞️ Safety Complaints Led to Firing, Labor Judge Rules in Washington State Case

An NLRB administrative law judge found that a Washington state electrical contractor unlawfully discharged a union electrician for raising repeated jobsite safety concerns, recommending reinstatement and full back pay.

🗞️ Fired for Doing the Job Right: Pipeline Inspector Vindicated After Safety Whistleblower Retaliation

A New Mexico pipeline inspection firm fired a worker who halted a non-compliant Oklahoma gas pipeline job. OSHA ruled it illegal retaliation and ordered reinstatement and $35,000+ in back pay and damages.

🗞️ Upstart Union Wins the Right to Challenge Steelworkers at Pennsylvania Water Utility

A newly formed independent union won the right to challenge the United Steelworkers for representation of Pittsburgh-area Pennsylvania American Water employees after an NLRB regional director ruled the upstart group qualifies as a lawful labor organization.