D.C. Circuit Sets Feb. 6 for T-Mobile's Brief in Its NLRB Appeal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit set a Feb. 6 deadline for the opening brief of petitioner T-Mobile in its appeal of an unfavorable ruling from the National Labor Relations Board over the company’s attempt to combat unionization efforts at a Kansas call center, said a clerk’s order Tuesday (docket 22-1275). Respondent NLRB is due to file its answering brief March 8, and T-Mobile's optional reply is due April 5, said the order. The brief from intervenor Communications Workers of America is due March 15, said the order. The NLRB found on Sept. 20 that the carrier violated National Labor Relations Act Section 8(a)(1) when it reprimanded a customer service agent in its Wichita call center for sending union-related emails to co-workers while on the job. The case was consolidated Dec. 8 with NLRB’s cross-application for enforcement “in full” of its Sept. 20 order against T-Mobile to cease and desist from promulgating rules in response to employees’ union activities and from telling employees that they may not send union-related emails to employees’ work email addresses.