Latest National Labor Relations Board News

Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize

Nov. 20, 2024 16:33 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Workers hired for a sprawling electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers as the union tries to expand its foothold in the South and among battery factories, the UAW said Wednesday. The...

Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence

Nov. 07, 2024 15:43 PM EST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama will decide for the third time in three years whether to unionize after a federal judge ruled that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote in which employees rejected a union. Administrative law judge Michael...

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

Oct. 29, 2024 21:58 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal agency was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options, a sharply divided federal appeals court has ruled. The case involved a post made on what was then known as...

Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf ports

Sep. 26, 2024 13:56 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract. The U.S. Maritime Alliance says it filed an unfair labor practice...

UAW fight with Stellantis escalates as union files unfair labor charges over factory commitments

Sep. 16, 2024 19:52 PM EDT

The United Auto Workers' rift with Stellantis widened Monday as the union filed federal labor charges over possibly moving production of an SUV out of the country. The union said it filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board accusing Stellantis of illegally refusing to...

Chipotle may have violated workers' unionization rights, US labor board says

Aug. 27, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

Chipotle Mexican Grill may have violated federal labor law in its treatment of employees at its only unionized store, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The board said late Monday that its Detroit regional director found merit to allegations filed against Chipotle by...