Robert Iafolla

Washington, D.C.

Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law

Reporter covering labor & employment for @BLaw. Vinyl enthusiast. RTs & likes ≠ endorsements.

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Labor Board Given In-House DOGE Shadows to Review Operations (1)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Parker Purifoy |Robert Iafolla

Two representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency will “be detailed” to the National Labor Relations Board headquarters, according to an agency email reviewed by Bloomberg Law. The email, sent by NLRB Director of Administration Lasharn Hamilton Wednesday afternoon, said the DOGE detail will last for “several months” and was assigned after a meeting with board leadership.
Agency Firing Case Tees Up Trump Attack on Judicial Authority

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla |Jay-Anne Casuga

The Trump administration’s legal defense of the firings of two independent agency officials includes a bid to narrow federal courts’ power to block White House efforts to expand executive reach if they’re found to be illegal or unconstitutional. Even if President Donald Trump’s terminations of members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board violated their removal protections, courts lack the authority to reinstate them, the administration has argued.
Agency Firing Case Tees Up Trump Attack on Judicial Authority

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

The Trump administration’s legal defense of the firings of two independent agency officials includes a bid to narrow federal courts’ power to block White House efforts to expand executive reach if they’re found to be illegal or unconstitutional. Even if President Donald Trump’s terminations of members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board violated their removal protections, courts lack the authority to reinstate them, the administration has argued.
Union Violated Labor Law in 'Ironic' Case, NLRB Judge Rules

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

Daily Labor Report ®EmailApril 7, 2025, 10:01 PM UTCAn International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers affiliate committed unfair labor practices by firing an employee who organized the union’s workforce, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
Union Violated Labor Law in 'Ironic' Case, NLRB Judge Rules

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla

An International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers affiliate committed unfair labor practices by firing an employee who organized the union’s workforce, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled. IBEW Local 111 also violated federal labor law in other ways after its staff unionized by making unilateral changes to job conditions, threatening employees, and dragging its feet providing requested information to the staff’s union, Administrative Law Judge Robert Ringler held Monday.
Fired Agency Officials to Return to Work in Latest Twist (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla

Two independent agency officials fired by President Donald Trump will return to work as litigation over their terminations proceeds, restoring their agencies to fully functioning.
Fired Agency Officials to Return to Work in Latest Court Twist

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

Independent agency officials fired by President Donald Trump will return to work as litigation over their terminations proceeds, restoring their agencies to fully functioning. The full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday ruled in favor of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris, vacating a panel decision that had paused district courts’ reinstatement orders while the administration challenges them.
Second Union Challenges Trump's Order Ending Labor Contracts (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla

The largest federal union is leading an organized labor coalition challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking a vast reduction of collective bargaining in the federal sector. American Federation of Government Employees and other unions sued the Trump administration Thursday for allegedly running afoul of the US Constitution with its anti-union directive, including violating its free speech and due process rights.
Second Union Challenges Trump's Order Ending Labor Contracts

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

The largest federal union challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking a vast reduction of collective bargaining in the federal sector. American Federation of Government Employees sued the Trump administration Thursday for allegedly running afoul of the US Constitution with its anti-union directive, including violating its free speech and due process rights.
Starbucks Illegally Called Cops on Workers, NLRB Judge Rules

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

Starbucks Corp. violated federal labor law by summoning police to remove workers who were passing out handbills outside of a store in Buffalo, N.Y., a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled. While Starbucks had the legal right to bring in law enforcement to eject the non-employees who were distributing fliers, the company committed an unfair labor practice by asking cops to remove the workers who were legally leafleting, Administrative Law Judge Christal Key held Thursday.