Judges Question Amazon Standing to Contest NLRB Meeting Rule

A panel of Eleventh Circuit judges voiced skepticism that Amazon.com has proper legal standing in its challenge to a National Labor Relations Board ruling that declared captive audience meetings illegal.

The e-commerce and cloud computing giant asked the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit during oral arguments to overturn a 2024 NLRB order that found mandatory workplace meetings where managers opine on union membership violate workers’ federal labor rights.

But in that order, the NLRB didn’t apply its new interpretation retroactively to the underlying labor law dispute over alleged violations by Amazon.com Services LLC. The appellate judges ...