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OSHA cited two Cartersville, GA stone countertop manufacturers for repeat silica exposure violations, proposing over $116,000 in combined penalties after both failed to fix previously identified hazards.
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The NLRB reaffirmed its bargaining order against Starbucks but declined to impose financial compensation for employees' lost bargaining opportunity, preserving a 56-year-old precedent.
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The NLRB declined to impose financial penalties on Hayward Convalescent Hospital for refusing to bargain with SEIU Local 2015, reaffirming a 56-year-old precedent that bars compensatory damages during employer certification challenges.
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An NLRB regional director dismissed two election petitions at Phoenix Energy Management after finding merit to charges alleging the employer helped initiate the very effort to decertify its own union.
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An NLRB regional director has ordered a union election for ~2,750 of USC's non-tenure track faculty, rejecting the university's claims that they are managers or supervisors ineligible to organize.
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An NLRB judge ruled that an American Postal Workers Union local violated federal labor law by withholding grievance settlement data from a retired postal custodian who questioned whether payouts were fairly distributed.
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OSHA cited SV Labs Prescott Corp. for 18 violations — including 2 repeat offenses — and proposed $275,694 in penalties after a nitrocellulose drum exploded and sparked a secondary fire at its Prescott, Wisconsin facility.
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The U.S. resolved a USMCA labor dispute at ThyssenKrupp's San Luis Potosí plant after workers were fired for union organizing. Mexico investigated, workers were reinstated, and tariff liquidation resumed.
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OSHA cited Alpha Baking Co. Inc. for repeat and serious safety violations after an employee broke their arm clearing dough from a machine in September 2025, proposing $326,276 in penalties.
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A Duke Energy subcontractor fatally electrocuted a lineman and hospitalized two others in Seminole, FL after a utility pole struck a live transmission line. OSHA cited the employer for three serious safety violations.
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The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $1.67M to Nebraska after Tyson Foods closed its Lexington beef plant on Jan. 20, 2026, eliminating 3,200 jobs in a community of approximately 11,000 residents.
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The NLRB dismissed an unfair labor practice complaint against Pfizer, finding that the Federal Arbitration Act shields arbitration confidentiality clauses from NLRA challenge — even when imposed as a condition of employment.