IBEW Local 1922 v. Maker Stables, LLC, NY PERB Case No. CU-6572 (10/13/22) (certifying Tally of Ballots in election where employer prevailed with unanimous vote of 25-0, after nearly 3 years of legal battles just to obtain an election in order to avoid NY’s default “card-check” statute and then ran aggressive campaign to overcome major voter apathy associated with extraordinarily high turnover rate, as well as language/relational barriers between labor/management arising from historically immigrant workforce).

Atkinson v. NLRB, Case No. 20–1680, 2021 WL 2850565 (3d Cir. July 8, 2021) (affirming sub nom., in relevant part, UPS, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 1 (2019), which reinstated Olin/Spielberg standard for post-arbitral deferral and Alpha Beta standard for deferral to pre-arbitral settlements), affd. on rehearing 2021 WL 5204015 (3d Cir. Nov. 9, 2021).

UPS, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 1 (Dec. 23, 2019) (overruling deferral standard set in Babcock & Wilcox Construction, reinstating Spielberg/Olin deferral standards and applying reinstated deferral standards to reverse the ALJ, dismiss the complaint and defer to unanimous joint grievance panel upholding charging party’s discharge).

Mike-Sells Potato Chip Co., 368 NLRB No. 145 (Dec. 16, 2019) (reversing ALJ’s original and supplemental decisions and dismissing 8(a)(5) complaint in its entirety, because employer had no obligation to engage in decisional bargain—or to respond to information requests served for such purpose—when its unilateral actions were consistent with longstanding past practice, despite that employer’s past similar actions did not take place at set intervals, were not in same number, were not taken for same reason and did not involve consideration of same criteria).

Layman v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., No. 3:17-CV-738-CRS, 2019 WL 1966123 (W.D. Ky. May 2, 2019) (granting summary judgment to employer on employee’s claims for discrimination, harassment and retaliation in violation of ADA; discrimination, harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII; negligent hiring, retention and supervision; intrusion upon seclusion; public disclosure of private facts; false light; conspiracy; and intentional infliction of emotional distress).

Rose v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., No. 5:17-CV-378-REW, 2019 WL 1370849 (E.D. Ky. Mar. 26, 2019), case dismissed, No. 19-5393, 2019 WL 5260164 (6th Cir. Oct. 3, 2019) (granting summary judgment to employer on employee’s disability discrimination claim).

Rod Williams v. UPS Co., U.S. Dept. of Labor OSHA Case No. 9-3290-17-170 (March 6, 2018) (Secretary’s Findings dismissing pilot’s AIR21 complaint due to lack of reasonable cause that AMT’s protected activities were a contributing factor to his discharge).

Convergys Corp. v. NLRB, 866 F.3d 635, 636-37 (5th Cir. Aug. 7, 2017) (granting employer’s petition for review, denying Board’s cross-application for enforcement and reversing Board’s order holding that employer violated NLRA by requiring job applicants to sign class and collective action waivers and by seeking to enforce those waivers; notably, the waivers at issue did not arise in the context of an arbitration agreement).

John Heard v. UPS Co., U.S. Dept. of Labor OSHA Case No. 4-1760-15-102 (June 22, 2017) (Secretary’s Findings dismissing pilot’s AIR21 complaint due to lack of reasonable cause to believe a violation occurred, as well as due to untimely complaint).

NLRB v. Mike-sell’s Potato Chip Co., 254 F. Supp. 3d 969 (S.D. Ohio 2017) (denying 10(j) injunction sought by Board against employer who, consistent with long-standing past practice, sold in-house sales territory to independent distributors as part of ongoing effort to shift risk of loss and change its business model).

Laferty v. UPS, Inc., No. 3:14-cv-00853-TBR, 186 F. Supp.3d 702 (W.D. Ky. May 4, 2016) (granting summary judgment to employer on employee’s disability discrimination and failure-to-accommodate claims).

UPS Co. and Teamsters Local 2727, 17-1 ARB ¶6822 (Goldberg, March 13, 2016) (denying union’s overtime bypass grievance).

Sharp v. Waste Management of Ohio, Inc., et al., 47 F.Supp.3d 584 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 16, 2014) (granting summary judgment to corporate and individual defendants on employee’s federal and state claims for disability discrimination and retaliation, FMLA interference and retaliation, workers’ compensation retaliation and wrongful discharge).

Brian Johnson v. Five Rivers Metro Parks, et al., Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Case No. 2014 CV 00022 (July 21, 2014) (granting 12(b)(6) dismissal to public agency and public employees on claims of negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress and public records violations).

Titus v. Verizon Wireless, Case No. 3:10-cv-469, 2012 WL 4089898 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 17, 2012) (granting summary judgment to corporate and individual defendants on employee’s federal and state claims for race and gender discrimination and retaliation).

Rotek Incorporated and USW Local 8565, 131 LA 895 (Miles, 2012) (denying union’s contract interpretation grievance and rejecting union’s argument that crews had to be fully-staffed before employer could implement new 24/7 schedule).

Berryman, et al. v. SuperValu Holdings, Inc., et al., 669 F.3d 714 (6th Cir. Feb. 24, 2012) (upholding grant of summary judgment to employer in eleven-plaintiff, nine-defendant race discrimination, harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed under state and federal law).

In re Moyno, ODJFS Docket No. 000000001200010, Determination ID 224640498-1 (May 24, 2012) (issuing global denial of unemployment benefits for employees involved in four-month labor dispute).

Moyno, Inc. v. UAW et al., Clark County Court of Common Pleas Case No. 12-CV-0249 (March 12, 2012) (granting employer’s request for injunctive relief to control union behavior during strike).

In re Chemineer, ODJFS Docket No. 000000001000003, Determination ID 220449532-1 (April 16, 2010) (issuing global denial of unemployment benefits for employees involved in two-month labor dispute).

Berryman v. SuperValu Holdings, Inc., Case No. 3:05cv169, S.D. Ohio (March 31, 2010) (issuing eleven separate summary judgment decisions in favor of corporate and individual defendants on employees’ federal and state claims for race discrimination, harassment and retaliation).

Chemineer, Inc. v. Int’l Assoc. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Case No. 2010CV02008 (March 9, 2010) (granting employer’s request for injunctive relief to control union behavior during strike).

Joy v. Robbins & Myers, Inc., DOL ARB Case No. 08-049 (Oct. 29, 2009) (upholding dismissal of former employee’s SOX complaint in ALJ Case No. 2007-SOX-074).

IAMAW Local Lodge 225 and Chemineer, Inc., 12-2 ARB ¶5588, 2009 BNA LA Supp. 119509 (Zeiser, Sept. 17, 2009) (denying union’s contractual grievance filed on behalf of materials handler who was discharged for sleeping on-the-job).

Meade v. Honda of Am. Mfg., et al., Case No. 3:02cv419, 2009 WL 10457600 (S.D. Ohio Feb. 27, 2009) (dismissing plaintiff’s COBRA claims).

Liberty Township v. SERB, 2007-Ohio-295 (10th Dist. 2007) (sustaining employer’s objections to union representation election, invalidating certified election results and ordering new election).

Magnode Corp. v. ODJFS, 2006-Ohio-3086 (12th Dist. 2006) (upholding global denial of unemployment benefits for employees involved in nine-month labor dispute, saving employer almost $400,000).