Federal Court Grants an Injunction Ordering Starbucks to Reinstate Fired Worker

Staff2March 1, 2023

(Summary prepared by Lise Gelernter, NAA member) On February 23, 2023, a federal district court judge in Maryland ordered Starbucks to reinstate a worker...

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FLRA Reverts to Prior Doctrine on Interlocutory Appeals of Arbitration Awards

Staff2January 3, 2023

by Lise Gelernter On December 8, 2022, the United States Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) rolled back a short-lived Trump-era interlocutory appeal...

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2022 in Review: Thoughts on Southwest v. Saxon (142 S.Ct. 1783)

Staff2January 3, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous 8-0 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas in Southwest Airlines v. Saxon, has rejected an employer argument that...

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Questions About the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act

Staff2March 9, 2022

The recently passed Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act amends the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA).  It may impact labor...

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9th Circuit Upholds California Statute Limiting Public Employer’s Discouragement of Union Membership

Staff2February 14, 2022

Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a statute passed in 2017 that states, " public employer shall not deter or discourage public employees or...

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A Reverse Boys Market Injunction in the Public Sector

Staff2February 13, 2022

(By Martin H. Malin, Professor Emeritus, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Arbitrator, and Member of the NAA.) On November 1, 2021, a judge of the Cook...

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Reports on Federal and State Labor Relations Developments

Staff2September 25, 2021

Over the last few months the Federal Sector Arbitration Committee and the State and Local Public Sector Committee of the National Academy of Arbitrators issued...

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West Virginia Legislature Codifies Illegality of Public Employee Strikes

Staff2April 18, 2021

By Lise Gelernter (Member, National Academy of Arbitrators) On March 4, 2021, the West Virginia Legislature approved a law that outlaws public employee...

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NAA’s State and Local Public Sector Committee’s Report

Staff2January 28, 2021

The NAA's State and Local Public Sector Committee has issued its 2020  Annual Report.  The Committee was created in April 2020 with the task of preparing an...

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NJ State Courts Answer Questions About the FAA and “Transportation Workers”

Staff2December 23, 2020

A State Supreme Court and a Federal District Court in New Jersey Answer Two Questions the U.S. Supreme Court Left Unanswered About the FAA Exemption for...

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