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Court rules Kari Lake unlawfully led USAGM, voiding mass layoffs; Florida Senate passes bill tightening union recertification rules; Fifth Circuit revives whistleblower suit against Lockheed Martin.

The partial government shutdown results in TSA agents losing their first full paycheck; the Fifth Circuit upholds the certification of a class of former United Airline workers who were placed on unpaid leave for declining to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons during the pandemic; and an academic group files a lawsuit against the…

EPA terminates contract with second-largest union; Florida advances bill restricting public sector unions; Trump administration seeks Supreme Court assistance in TPS termination.

February 27, 2026 Today, NLRB General Counsel Crystal S. Carey issued GC Memorandum 26-03.   The memorandum instructs the Regional Offices to focus their efforts on investigating priority cases and protecting the right of free association. “As we move forward with this new guidance, my office is committed to providing clear and actionable direction for Regional…

March 04, 2026 Detroit, MI — [March 4, 2025] — The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 7 today issued a statement regarding the ongoing labor dispute between Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital and Local 332, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Region 7 is investigating multiple unfair labor practice charges filed by…

In today’s news and commentary, a weak jobs report, the NIH decides it will no longer recognize a research fellows’ union, and WNBA contract talks continue to stall as season approaches. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that employers cut 92,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4 percent. A loss…

January 07, 2026 On January 7, 2026, James Murphy and Scott Mayer were sworn in as new Board members. As a result, the Board now has a quorum to conduct Agency business. James Murphy, of Maryland, was nominated by President Trump to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of…

January 07, 2026 On January 7, 2026, Crystal S. Carey was sworn in as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Agency), by Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling. Ms. Carey was nominated for a four-year term by President Donald J. Trump on March 24, 2025, and confirmed by the Senate on…

January 28, 2026 Recent articles discussing the National Labor Relations Board’s updated internal docketing protocol have reflected a general misunderstanding of the basis for adopting these changes. The agency is committed to ensuring that the public has accurate information about how and why the internal protocol was revised. The updated internal protocol does not require…

Here’s one thing that can never come too soon for employees in the workplace: recognition. In fact, employees who aren’t recognized at work pretty much aren’t engaged at work. Specifically, they show about a 40-point drop in engagement scores compared with those who are regularly recognized, highlighting the steep engagement cost of silence, according to…