NLRB Files Charge Against Walmart Super Center in Ruston, LA

An unfair labor practice charge was entered on the National Labor Relations Board docket against a Walmart Super Center in Ruston, Louisiana, on 02/05/2026, the agency lists. The public case entry identifies the matter as case number 15-CA-380539, shows the docket activity item "Signed Charge Against Employer" filed by a Charging Party on that date, and lists the case status as Open in Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana. The NLRB page shows the Ruston zip code as 71270.

The NLRB listing identifies the charged party as Walmart Super Center - Ruston, LA 71270 and lists the Charging Party only as "Charging Party Individual" without a name in the public excerpt. Walmart's legal representatives are named on the docket as attorneys from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart: John Merrell at 300 North Main Street, Suite 500, Greenville, SC 29601, phone (864) 240-8233; Kami Kimber at 201 South College Street, Suite 2300, Charlotte, NC 28244, phone (704) 940-6581; and Michael Lambros at Preston Commons West, 8117 Preston Road, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75225, phone (214) 987-3800.

The NLRB entry includes administrative notes about document access and the docket. The agency page cautions the "Docket Activity list does not reflect all actions in this case" and indicates the signed charge "may require redactions before it can be viewed" and that a copy must be requested through the NLRB FOIA Branch. The case entry also shows "Related Cases data is not available" and includes the standard Region 15 New Orleans header and connect/contact navigation items on the public page.

The public docket provides little detail about the substance of the allegation in 15-CA-380539; the Charging Party's identity and the full text of the signed charge do not appear in the excerpted listing. The NLRB page supplies the filing date, case number and the names and contact details of Walmart's listed counsel, but no hearing dates or subsequent docket actions are shown in the available entry.

The NLRB filing sits alongside historical NLRB actions involving Walmart reported in prior years but not linked on the current docket. Earlier complaints filed in January 2014 alleged unlawful threats and discipline tied to protests on November 22, 2012 and to terminations in June 2013, with those past materials citing counts such as "over 70" workers disciplined and references to actions in multiple states. Those historical excerpts include the NLRB statement that "During two national television news broadcasts and in statements to employees at Walmart stores in California and Texas, Walmart unlawfully threatened employees with reprisal if they engaged in strikes and protests on November 22, 2012," and a paraphrased company remark attributed to spokesman David Tovar that "there would be consequences" for workers who did not come in for scheduled shifts on Black Friday. The current Ruston docket (15-CA-380539), filed 02/05/2026, is presented on the NLRB site as a separate, open matter with no explicit connection to the 2014 complaints in the available public entry.