📃 February 19, 2026 Representation Filings
6 Representation Case Filings and 2 Representation Management Case Filings
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🗞️ Worker-Owners on the Rise: DOL Reports Decade of Growth in Employee Ownership
A DOL report to Congress documents a decade of employee ownership growth—ESOP participants up 8%, worker co-ops more than doubled—while noting that the agency's promotion initiative operates without congressional appropriations.
⚖️ February 19, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings
46 Charges Against Employers, 12 Charges Against Labor Organizations
🗞️ The X-Factor They Didn't Expect: How a Reality TV Producer's Texts Became a Federal Labor Violation
An NLRB judge ruled that X Factor S2 LLC illegally fired four crew members who tried to "flip" their non-union TV production to IATSE representation, finding the executive producer's own texts and statements as evidence.
🗞️ Chalk Up the Vote: NLRB Orders Separate Union Elections for Touchstone Climbing
An NLRB regional director rejected Touchstone Climbing's bid to force a company-wide ballot, ordering separate elections for its Bay Area maintenance and routesetting employees on February 25, 2026.