Latest National Labor Relations Board News
Manchin, Sinema prevent Democrats from locking in majority on labor board through 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after independent Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed the nomination, thwarting their hopes of locking in a majority at the federal agency for the first two years of...
Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January. But President-elect Donald Trump's intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate, which has the constitutional responsibility for...
Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize
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
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
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
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
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...
