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Chicago law professor accused of racism asks Seventh Circuit for another chance to sue school

Dave Byrnes / September 19, 2024

"If you're going to talk about race, you better learn how to talk about race," one attorney for the University of Illinois Chicago said of the professor.

Boeing murder-suicide

Brief / September 19, 2024

SEATTLE — Boeing survives a negligence lawsuit brought by the surviving family of a Black employee who was killed by a white employee in an act of murder-suicide after the white man discovered he and the Black employee were both sleeping with the same woman, who also worked for Boeing. The court ruled that Boeing is not liable for the murder because it occurred in a public area outside of work hours; as a result its retention of the white man as an employee is not the proximate cause of the slaying.

Southern California ports see jump in imports as strike looms for Gulf and East Coast

Edvard Pettersson / September 18, 2024

Ports from New York-New Jersey to Houston could face a shutdown if there's no new deal with the dockworkers' union by the end of the month.

NLRB, Starbucks struggle to peg authority in unionization case

Jackson Healy / September 18, 2024

A Third Circuit panel grew increasingly frustrated as neither party seemed willing to mark what relief the labor board can and can't provide.

Boeing CEO says the company will furlough employees soon to preserve cash during labor strike

Associated Press / September 18, 2024

The strike is halting production of several airplane models, including Boeing's best-selling plane, the 737 Max.

NLRB paused from hearing union’s case

Brief / September 17, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal court in Texas granted a social services tech company’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which keeps the National Labor Relations Board from engaging in administrative procedures against the firm, the union of which has accused the company of violating the National Labor Relations Act. The tech firm has brought similar arguments as other employers against the removal process for NLRB administrative law judges, and because those arguments are plausible, the injunction is granted.

Hostile boss

Brief / September 16, 2024

GREENVILLE, N.C. — The sex discrimination claims filed by a former waitress, now manager, survived the restaurant owner’s motion for summary judgment in North Carolina federal court. After the two had a relationship for three years, the owner began berating the woman, calling her names such as “gold-digging whore,” blocking her entrance to the restaurant and putting and electronic tracker on her car. This harassment was a pattern, not just one incident, so the manager’s sexually hostile workplace claims survive, and they are not time-barred.

Striking Boeing factory workers say they are ready to hold out for a better contract

Associated Press / September 13, 2024

Very little has gone right for Boeing this year.

US filings for unemployment benefits inch up slightly but remain historically low

Associated Press / September 12, 2024

Employers added a modest 142,000 jobs in August, up from a paltry 89,000 in July, but well below the January-June monthly average of nearly 218,000.

American Airlines flight attendants ratify contract that ends their threats to go on strike

Associated Press / September 12, 2024

American negotiated a new contract with pilots last year. CEO Robert Isom said getting a deal done with flight attendants was a top priority.

Cornell University faces gender bias suit

Brief / September 12, 2024

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Cornell University won partial judgment on a former assistant professor’s defamation claim, though his Title IX gender-based discrimination claim against the university was preserved for trial. His lawsuit stems from allegations that he lied about having a romantic relationship with a female student, rumors that resulted in a two-week unpaid suspension. He’s brought enough detail for a jury to conclude that his suspension and the related investigation was motivated by anti-male bias, but he couldn’t show any way Cornell published defamatory statements to third parties about him.