Advocates for Labor and Progressive Institutions
The U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) entered into a landmark collective-bargaining agreement with the United States Soccer Federation that guarantees that players on the U.S. Women’s National team will be paid equal to their counterparts on the U.S. Men’s National Team. The CBA, which was ratified by USWNTPA members alongside a corresponding CBA entered into by the USMNT Players’ union, will run through 2028.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that unions pursuing legitimate labor objectives via “sharp-edged economic means or ‘hardball’ tactics” are not guilty of extortion under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”).
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit enforced an order of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), upholding in all respects the NLRB’s finding that three vocal union leaders had been unlawfully fired in retaliation for their union activity at a plant operated by Mondelez Global, LLC, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
The United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Seventh Circuits, respectively, upheld the constitutionality of union membership and dues-deduction authorization agreements signed before the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018).
In Doughty v. State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire, SEIU Local 1984, 981 F.3d 128 (1st Cir. 2020), the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a public-sector union could not be compelled to refund mandatory fair-share fees from nonmembers where the union had collected those fees in compliance with then-binding Supreme Court precedent.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (“AFL-CIO”) filed an emergency petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a writ of mandamus that would compel the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to issue an emergency temporary standard for infectious disease to protect workers from the dangers posed by COVID-19.
The United States District Court for the District of Alaska rejected Chicago Bridge & Iron Company’s claim to indemnification for withdrawal liability under the terms of a multi-union collective-bargaining agreement it had negotiated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1547 and the Fairbanks Joint Crafts Council, as well as several other unions.
The United States District Courts for the Northern District of Mississippi and the Western District of Virginia threw out claims that longstanding union-time provisions in collective-bargaining agreements violate Section 302 of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947.