On December 16, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued its decision in Troutbeck Company, LLC d/b/a Brooklyn 181 Hospitality, LLC, among the latest in an eventful string of rulings over the last two weeks. In a 2-1 decision (Chairman McFerran and Member Prouty in the
SCOTUS Denies Review and Leaves Seattle’s “Play-or Pay” Ordinance Intact
By Joshua Fox & Caroline Libby on
On November 21, 2022, the Supreme Court declined to review whether federal law preempts a Seattle Ordinance mandating that large hotels offer their employees health insurance coverage or increased pay. This left the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, which found that the particular ordinance was not preempted, as the last word on…
A Bias against Neutrality Agreements: NLRB Regional Director Issues Complaint against Hotel for Supporting Organizing Union
By Michael Lebowich, Joshua Fox & Heylee Bernstein on
On November 30, 2020, the NLRB Regional Director issued a Complaint against the Yotel Boston hotel and Unite Here Local 26, alleging the Hotel unlawfully recognized and provided improper assistance to the Union.
The Hotel and the Union were parties to a neutrality agreement. As is common in such agreements,…
D.C. Circuit Remands Hotel Certification Decision and Reminds Board to Explain Its Reasoning
By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox & Samantha Shear on
On October 23, 2020, the D.C. Circuit granted Davidson Hotel Company’s petition for review of unfair labor practices resulting from its refusal to bargain with two newly-certified bargaining units, and denied the NLRB’s cross-petition for enforcement of an order to engage in collective bargaining with those units.
The Circuit also…