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NEW YORK TEAMSTERS CELEBRATE WORKER FREE SPEECH LEGISLATION

NEW YORK TEAMSTERS CELEBRATE WORKER FREE SPEECH LEGISLATION Governor Signs Mandatory Ban on Captive Audience Meetings Into Law. (ALBANY, N.Y.) – New York Teamsters are commending the signing of a bill protecting worker free speech rights (S.4982/A.6604) into state law...

NJ Court Sends Uber Crash Suit To Arbitration

NJ Court Sends Uber Crash Suit To Arbitration. Uber passengers will have to take their claims that the company is partly liable for injuries they suffered in an auto crash to arbitration, a New Jersey appeals court ruled, saying the plaintiffs waived their right to a...

Union Says Railroad Fired Or Bribed Pro-Union Workers.

Union Says Railroad Fired Or Bribed Pro-Union Workers. A Colorado railroad fired the two ringleaders of a unionization effort and attempted to bribe its remaining staff to vote against union representation, a railroad workers union alleged in a lawsuit filed in...

9th Circ. Revives BNSF, Amtrak Rail Crossing Negligence Suit.

9th Circ. Revives BNSF, Amtrak Rail Crossing Negligence Suit. The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that federal law doesn’t shield Amtrak and BNSF Railway Co. from claims they failed to properly warn motorists at a Washington state rail grade crossing, reviving a...