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🗞️ Sound Construction Inc. Faces $1.2M Penalty After Repeat Willful Safety Violations
OSHA cited Sound Construction Inc., an Easton, Connecticut earthwork contractor, for the second time in two years following a worker's death in December 2023.
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🗞️ California Company Lucky Growers Inc. Cited for Federal Agriculture Employment Violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division cited Lucky Growers Inc., a San Marcos, California agricultural employer, for violations of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA).
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🗞️ Penn State's Wake-Up Call: Faculty Union Filing
Penn State faculty filed with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board to unionize approximately 6,000 faculty members with SEIU Local 668.
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🗞️ House Passes Bill to Block Presidential Workforce Management Authority
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 231-195 to pass H.R. 2550, legislation that would prevent the President from exercising management authority over federal agencies by reinstating collective bargaining agreements.
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🗞️ NLRB Judge Rules Michigan Phlebotomy Staffing Company Violated Labor Law with Restrictive Contracts
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board has found that a Michigan phlebotomy staffing company violated federal labor law by maintaining overly broad employment agreements
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🗞️ NLRB Judge Dismisses All Retaliation Claims Against Starbucks in Memphis Union Case
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board has dismissed all unfair labor practice allegations against Starbucks Corporation, finding no evidence that the company retaliated against employees at a Memphis store.
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🗞️ H.R. 2550: The Protect America's Workforce Act - Congressional Response to Federal Workplace Flexibility Reforms
Protect America's Workforce Act (H.R. 2550) seeks to nullify Executive order 14251 and restore federal workforce union intermediaries, collective bargaining requirements for approx. one million federal employees across more than 30 agencies
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🗞️ OSHA Announces Seven Letters of Interpretation as Part of Expanded Compliance Assistance Initiative
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced seven letters of interpretation on December 10, 2025, providing official guidance on federal workplace safety requirements ranging from confined space entry to audiometric testing for workers with cochlear implants.
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🗞️ Federal Contractor Debarred After $596K Kickback Scheme on DC Affordable Housing Projects
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $596,443 for 31 construction workers victimized by an illegal kickback scheme on federally funded affordable housing projects in Washington
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🗞️ New Jersey Expands "Captive Audience" Meeting Restrictions
Ogletree coverage of New Jersey's expanded captive audience laws, effective December 2nd this year
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🗞️ NLRB Judge Dismisses Retaliation Claim Against Ohio Medical Clinic
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board has dismissed an unfair labor practice complaint against Reynolds Clinic, LLC, finding insufficient evidence that a Toledo medical assistant was fired in retaliation for workplace advocacy.
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🗞️ SEPTA and TWU Local 234 Reach Deal to Avert Strike
SEPTA and its largest workers union, Transport Workers Union Local 234, reached a tentative two-year contract agreement on December 8, 2025, averting a strike that would have crippled Philadelphia's mass transit system during the holiday season.