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  • What the Supreme Court's rejection means for Covington's Gartner Trucking drivers.

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• Garten Trucking appeal on NLRB order rejected by SCOTUS (freightwaves.com) — A Covington trucking company just lost its bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court review an order requiring it to bargain with a union representing its drivers. The decision leaves in place NLRB and Fourth Circuit findings of unfair labor practices and a directive for a new union vote, extending a long-running labor fight that affects local drivers' workplace rights.
   

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