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Court Protects Self-Governance Rights of International Unions

May 24, 2026

In an important victory for union autonomy, a federal court in D.C. has rejected a challenge to a provision in the United Food and Commercial Workers Constitution that determines the number of delegates local unions may send to the UFCW’s quinquennial convention. The convention, which is the union’s highest governing body, elects international officers and votes on major issues of governance such as constitutional amendments.

PERB Hearing Examiner Finds D.C. Fire & EMS Department Bargained in Bad Faith

April 16, 2026

In March, Bredhoff & Kaiser successfully obtained a finding that the D.C. Fire & EMS Department bargained in bad faith with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 36 during more than 18 months of collective bargaining negotiations.

Court Restores Bargaining Rights to V.A. Workers

March 27, 2026

Bredhoff & Kaiser successfully obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of several labor unions representing workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. On April 11, 2025, the Secretary of the VA had exempted these units from Executive Order 14,251, which otherwise eliminated collective bargaining rights at numerous federal agencies including the VA. But then on November 11, 2025, without warning or justification, the Secretary abruptly reversed course and rescinded his previous order, stripping these workers of their collective bargaining rights and terminating their CBAs.

Bredhoff Petitions U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case Testing the Limits of Article III Standing for Local Taxpayers

January 27, 2026

Bredhoff recently filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota v. Huizenga (No. 25-888), asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether a municipal taxpayer may challenge a municipal policy in federal court based only on her status as a taxpayer and, if so, what she must prove in order to do so.

Bredhoff Obtains – and Enforces – Preliminary Injunction Protecting TSA Screeners’ CBA

January 27, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration have now twice sought to terminate the collective bargaining agreement protecting the working conditions of roughly 47,000 Transportation Security Officers working for the TSA.

Bredhoff Welcomes Eight Summer Associates for Summer 2025

May 21, 2025

Bredhoff is thrilled to host eight summer associates in our Washington, D.C. office for Summer 2025.

Our esteemed summers join us from law schools across the United States. Each will collaborate with Bredhoff attorneys and staff to make important, substantive contributions to the Firm’s work on behalf of working people and their unions.

We asked the incoming summer associates to share a little about themselves and what they’re most excited about for the summer.

Bredhoff Brings Series of Suits Against Trump Orders

April 18, 2025

As the new administration has sought to strip rights from federal workers and dismantle agencies that provide crucial services to the American people, Bredhoff has represented unions and non-profits fighting back in federal court:

Second Win for Pensioners in Second Circuit

April 4, 2025

Two years after winning a complete victory before the Second Circuit on behalf of a class of plaintiffs who alleged that Colgate had underpaid their pensions and owed them an additional $300 million, the firm won another complete victory after Colgate filed a second appeal attempting to escape or limit its liability.