Labor Disputes

  • Uber settle driver labor dispute.

    Uber has reached a settlement agreement with its drivers in California and Massachusetts.The $100 million settlement effectively staves off what could have been a massive legal fight over the employment classification of about 385,000 Uber drivers in the two states.
  • Judge take walmart employees side in labor disputes.

    Threatened employees that had organized a group at two stores in California for the practice at the retail giant.
  • Maine labor dispute hinged on the absence of an Oxford comma

    A Maine court ruling in a case about overtime pay and dairy delivery didn’t come down to trucks, milk, or money. Instead, it hinged on one missing comma.
  • CNN wins labor dispute

    Main federal labor law enforcement agency, Friday in a closely watched case against CNN.The court said the NLRB overreached when it said the cable news company was a "joint employer" with a company it had subcontracted with and therefore obligated to provide back pay to the subcontractor's workers.
  • Federal issue of the auto industry

    Labor Department is reconsidering a 2011 Obama administration rule that said service advisers at car dealerships are not exempt from overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.