📃 May 01, 2026 Representation Filings
4 Representation Case Filings and 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing
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⚖️ May 01, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings
12 Charges Against Employers and 4 Charges Against Labor Organizations
🗞️ Federal Labor Board Orders Union Election at Tucson Charter School Network, Rejecting Bid for Government Exemption
A federal labor official has ordered a union election at a Tucson charter school network, rejecting the employer's argument that it qualifies as a government entity exempt from federal labor law.
🗞️ Reality Check: Federal Labor Board Clears Path for Union Vote at A+E Factual Productions
An NLRB regional director ordered a union election among producers at A+E Factual Productions, ruling the company qualifies as a statutory employer and that three contested producer classifications are not supervisors under federal labor law.
🗞️ The $500 Bonus That Cost a Montana Receptionist Her Job — and Her Employer a Federal Order
A federal labor judge ruled that a Helena dental practice broke the law when it fired a receptionist for talking about her pay with coworkers, a case that carries a warning for small businesses that mistake pay secrecy for good management.
📃 April 30, 2026 Representation Filings
8 Representation Case Filings
⚖️ April 30, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings
23 Charges Against Employers and 8 Charges Against Labor Organizations
🗞️ Whose Sidewalk Is It? NLRB Rules Knoxville Manufacturer Crossed the Line by Pulling Union Signs
The NLRB ruled that Aqua-Chem, Inc. violated federal labor law by removing union organizing signs from a public right-of-way, ordering the company to return or reimburse the signs.
🗞️ When the Pandemic Becomes a Pretext: How a Texas Orchestra Crossed the Labor Law Line
The NLRB ruled that three Dallas-Fort Worth orchestras unlawfully cut musician wages, inserted a sweeping emergency clause, and withdrew union recognition — all without the union's consent.
🗞️ NLRB Rules Hospital System Is Not Responsible for Contracted Doctors' Labor Rights
The NLRB reversed a regional director's ruling, finding that PeaceHealth did not jointly employ contracted hospitalist physicians under the 2020 joint-employer standard requiring substantial direct and immediate control.
🗞️ A Federal Labor Judge Orders AV Contractor to Bargain With Union After Finding Retaliation
An NLRB judge ruled that A-V Services violated federal labor law by retaliating against unionizing Jersey City technicians, withholding raises, cutting hours, and creating the impression of surveillance, and ordered the company to bargain with IATSE Local 59.
🗞️ Who's Behind the Union Talk? A Nursing Home's Credibility Gamble Pays Off
An NLRB administrative law judge dismissed unfair labor practice charges against a Jacksonville, FL nursing home, finding the key witness too inconsistent and biased to prove employer interrogation by a preponderance of the evidence.
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🗞️ Captain Overboard: Federal Labor Board Rules Foss Maritime's Ocean Tug Officers Are Supervisors, Dismisses Union Petition
An NLRB regional director ruled that ocean tug captains and chief mates at Foss Maritime are statutory supervisors under the NLRA, dismissing a union representation petition filed by the Masters, Mates & Pilots.
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🗞️ Miners Safer Than Ever: U.S. Mining Industry Posts Historic Low Injury Rate in 2025
The U.S. mining industry recorded its lowest-ever all-injury rate in 2025 at 1.74 per 200,000 hours worked, down from 1.82 in 2024, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ 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.
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🗞️ Tipped, Taxed, and Shortchanged: Oregon Restaurant Hit with $200K Wage Penalty
A McMinnville, OR restaurant owed 19 workers $200K in back wages after federal investigators found it misclassified employees to avoid overtime and illegally skimmed from tip pools.
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🗞️ Scare Tactics and Massage Chairs: How an LA Metro Contractor Botched Its Union Fight
An NLRB judge voided a 2023 union election at LA Metro contractor Strive Well-Being, finding managers illegally threatened job loss, promised perks, and forced employees to publicly reveal their union loyalties.