The company made the novel claim, echoing arguments by SpaceX and Trader Joe’s, in a legal filing while fighting a case.

Mary Kay Henry of the nearly two-million-member Service Employees International Union will not seek re-election when her term ends in May.

The coffee chain has challenged a federal judge’s order to reinstate a group of union activists who were fired at a store in Memphis.

Amid a dissident bid for board seats and boycotts by activists, the company has sent mixed signals about its willingness to engage with labor groups.

The National Labor Relations Board said the rocket company had wrongly dismissed eight people for a letter raising concerns about the chief executive.

The National Labor Relations Board says the locations were closed because of union organizing, violating federal law.

The pledge is unprecedented for Big Tech and makes it easier for roughly 100,000 workers to unionize.

The company has disciplined union supporters and fired one in recent weeks, ahead of a trial that will weigh their right to interact with co-workers.

Once accustomed to a status outside the usual management-labor hierarchy, many health professionals now feel as put upon as any clock-punching worker.

Experts said the union’s new contracts could set precedents that give labor advantages when bargaining contracts and organizing workers.