6th Circuit Holds Labor Board Has Authority Over Tribal Casino

Mealey's (July 6, 2015, 1:48 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A split Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 1 entered a judgment enforcing the National Labor Relations Board’s jurisdiction over an Indian tribe’s operation of a casino on reservation land and enforced a board’s decision finding that the casino’s no-solicitation policy violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and ordering the casino to cease and desist from maintaining the order and to reinstate a former employee to her position with back pay and benefits (Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort v. National Labor Relations Board, No. 14-2405/2558, 6th Cir.)....