Chris Wade at The Center Square reports a Federal Judge has overturned New York State's NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) Trigger Law following a lawsuit from Amazon, which claimed it was an unconstitutional "power grab" by the State's Labor Board. In the ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Eric Komitee said the 2025 State Law giving the New York State Public Employment Relations Board (NYSPERB) authority to oversee Union Elections and resolve Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charges is pre-empted by a 1959 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, that deemed Federal Employee Labor Rights to be the "exclusive domain" of the National Labor Board. Komitee, a Trump appointee, had previously blocked New York Labor Officials from enforcing the law after Amazon won a preliminary injunction in November, but his latest ruling makes it permanent. It wasn't immediately clear if the New York Labor Board or the Teamsters, which was also a party in the lawsuit, would appeal the ruling. The lawsuit was one of many legal challenges to New York's law, which was signed into law by Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul last year. The law authorizes the State's Labor Board to assert jurisdiction over disputes between employers and recognized Employee Organizations if the NLRB is "unable" to resolve the dispute. The NLRB filed a lawsuit against New York last year, claiming the law stripped the Agency of its "statutory duties" to investigate ULPs by Public and Private Sector Unions. The outcome of that case is still pending.

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