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Top 10 Things Union Members Are Rarely Told Up Front
by Michael VanDervort | Feb 3, 2026 | Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Employees who are going to vote on union representation need to understand how unionization works, including the rules, obligations, and trade-offs involved.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Unions vs. Their Own Staff Unions
by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 2, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Trending, UAW, Unions
Unions preach worker protections but practice something different with their own employees, as these recent staff union disputes show in abundance.
Friday Five: Nursing Strikes, ACLU’s Free Speech Paradox, And Union Hypocrisy
by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 30, 2026 | Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions, Workers United
It’s Friday, and we have five labor related stories that you might not have heard yet, including nursing strike updates and union hypocrisy galore.
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Friday Five: Nursing Strikes, ACLU’s Free Speech Paradox, And Union Hypocrisy
by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 30, 2026 | Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions, Workers United
It's Friday, and we have five labor related stories that you might not have heard yet, including nursing strike updates and union hypocrisy galore.
Friday Five: Nursing Strikes, ACLU’s Free Speech Paradox, And Union Hypocrisy
by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 30, 2026 | Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions, Workers United
It's Friday, and we have five labor related stories that you might not have heard yet, including nursing strike updates and union hypocrisy galore.
Volkswagen’s “Final Offer” to the UAW: An Adroit Maneuver
by Michael VanDervort | Oct 15, 2025 | Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
After nearly a year of bargaining, Volkswagen has dropped what it calls its “last, best, and final offer” for UAW-represented workers at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant.
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by Kimberly Ricci | May 13, 2025 | Auto Manufacturing, Education, Healthcare, IAM, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Manufacturing, News, Retail, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Workers United
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by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 24, 2025 | Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Federal, IAM, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Manufacturing, News, Strikes, Trending, UAW, Unions
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The Friday Five: Union Hustles, AI Tangles & Rideshare Rumbles
by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 22, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Courts, Federal, Healthcare, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, States, Strikes, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Unions
Two Union Campaigns. Two Very Different Outcomes
by Michael VanDervort | Dec 18, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Trending, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
Why New Seasons settled a first labor contract while Starbucks remains unresolved. First contracts are complicated.
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AI for All: From Hospitality To Healthcare, ‘Agentic’ Leadership Strategies That Work in Any Industry
by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 19, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Artificial Intelligence, Cannabis, Culture, Healthcare, Healthcare, Hospitality, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Retail, Tech - Media, Trending
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No Safe Zone For Progressive Employers: Unions Are Keeping The Pressure Going
by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 22, 2025 | Hospitality, iatse, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Tech - Media, Trader Joe's, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
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AI Is Changing the Workplace, Unions Are Responding
by Phillip Wilson | Nov 18, 2025 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bargaining/Negotiations, ChatGPT, Culture, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, News, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Unionized Company
As these tools expand, unions are rapidly shaping their own public positions on AI, algorithmic management, and worker data rights.
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Friday Five: Unions Under Scrutiny, RTO Stumbling Blocks, And Hawley In The Headlines
by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 10, 2025 | Faster Labor Contracts Act, Federal, Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Politics, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, Tech - Media, UAW, Union Leaders, Unions
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The Friday Five: Union Hustles, AI Tangles & Rideshare Rumbles
by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 22, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Courts, Federal, Healthcare, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, States, Strikes, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Unions
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AI for All: From Hospitality To Healthcare, ‘Agentic’ Leadership Strategies That Work in Any Industry
by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 19, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Artificial Intelligence, Cannabis, Culture, Healthcare, Healthcare, Hospitality, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Retail, Tech - Media, Trending
California Dreaming: An NLRB Power Grab Meets A Rideshare Union Push
by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 7, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Gig Economy, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, SEIU, Trending, Unions
The California labor laboratory is at it again, both with an attempt to seize labor board jurisdiction and a new bill allowing rideshare driver unionization.
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by Kimberly Ricci | Sep 3, 2025 | Compliance, Gig Economy, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, SEIU, States, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
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Union Playbook 2.0: Skirting the NLRB
by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 29, 2025 | CWA, Gig Economy, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Tech - Media, Union Organizing, Unions, UNITE-HERE
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by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 8, 2024 | Cannabis, Education, Gig Economy, Healthcare, Hospitality, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Nonprofit, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
The Friday Five: Big Labor On The Field, AI In The Ring, And A Lonely NLRB On The Sidelines
by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 29, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Healthcare, Healthcare, Hospitality, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, Uncategorized, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
The Friday Five: Big Labor On The Field, AI In The Ring, And More. It’s Friday, and we have five labor-related stories that you might not have heard yet.
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by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 19, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Artificial Intelligence, Cannabis, Culture, Healthcare, Healthcare, Hospitality, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Retail, Tech - Media, Trending
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No Safe Zone For Progressive Employers: Unions Are Keeping The Pressure Going
by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 22, 2025 | Hospitality, iatse, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Tech - Media, Trader Joe's, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
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by Kimberly Ricci | Jun 17, 2025 | CWA, Hospitality, IAM, IBT, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Retail, Service Industry, Starbucks, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar
When Unions Fail Their Own Members
by Michael VanDervort | Sep 2, 2025 | Corruption, Education, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Politics, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Research
As we emerge from a long Labor Day holiday weekend, during which the press spent considerable time lauding the current trendiness and popularity of labor unions, they devoted little time to discussing the downside of labor unions.
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Friday Five: Nursing Strikes, ACLU’s Free Speech Paradox, And Union Hypocrisy
by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 30, 2026 | Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions, Workers United
It's Friday, and we have five labor related stories that you might not have heard yet, including nursing strike updates and union hypocrisy galore.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Unions vs. Their Own Staff Unions
by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 2, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Trending, UAW, Unions
Unions preach worker protections but practice something different with their own employees, as these recent staff union disputes show in abundance.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Unions vs. Their Own Staff Unions
by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 2, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Trending, UAW, Unions
Unions preach worker protections but practice something different with their own employees, as these recent staff union disputes show in abundance.
Big Names, Bad Results: Why UAW, UFCW, and Building Trades Can’t Win Elections
by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 29, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, RWDSU, Trending, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
As part of our follow-up to LRIRightNow's 2025 NLRB Review, we looked why the UAW, UFCW, and building trades unions are so awful at winning elections.
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No Safe Zone For Progressive Employers: Unions Are Keeping The Pressure Going
by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 22, 2025 | Hospitality, iatse, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Tech - Media, Trader Joe's, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
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The UFCW Takes A Cue From The UAW: Grocery Store Strikes Are Heating Up
by Kimberly Ricci | Jun 18, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Retail, Shawn Fain, Strikes, Trending, UAW, UFCW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Welcome To More Labor Limbo From A Dismantled Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 17, 2025 | AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Federal, FMCS, IAM, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, Politics, SEIU, UFCW, Unions
To put it mildly, this is an unusual time for federal labor law.
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Unions And Protecting Workers’ Data Don’t Go Hand In Hand? You Don’t Say
by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 27, 2025 | AFGE, AFL-CIO, News, Unions
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The LRI RightNow Year-End 2024 Petitions And Elections Review Is Here
by Michael VanDervort | Jan 29, 2025 | AFL-CIO, CNA NNOC, CWA, IAM, iatse, IBEW, IBT, ILA, ILWU, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, National Nurses United, NLRB, NUHW, RWDSU, SBWU, SEIU, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, UNITE-HERE, USW, Workers United
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Labor Relations Issues 2025: Trump, RTO Mandates, DEI Rollbacks, and Tech
by Michael VanDervort | Jan 25, 2025 | AFL-CIO, CWA, EEOC, Federal, Harold Daggett, Healthcare, IBT, ILA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, News, NLRB, Politics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar
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HEADLINE: Workers Organized by Unions Plummets in 2025
by Michael VanDervort | Jan 21, 2026 | Breaking, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, National Nurses United, News, Starbucks, Trending, UFW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, UNITE-HERE, USW
Newly Organized Workers Drop 38% in 2025. What the Numbers Really Say About Union Organizing.
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The LRI RightNow Year-End 2024 Petitions And Elections Review Is Here
by Michael VanDervort | Jan 29, 2025 | AFL-CIO, CNA NNOC, CWA, IAM, iatse, IBEW, IBT, ILA, ILWU, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, National Nurses United, NLRB, NUHW, RWDSU, SBWU, SEIU, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, UNITE-HERE, USW, Workers United
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The LRI RightNow Year-End 2024 Petitions And Elections Review Is Here
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by Kimberly Ricci | May 20, 2024 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Artificial Intelligence, CNA NNOC, CWA, Healthcare, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SEIU, Strikes, Tech - Media, Trending, Unions
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The Double-Edged Sword Of Technology: Unions Working Against The Same Tools That They Embrace
by Kimberly Ricci | Dec 6, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Bargaining/Negotiations, ChatGPT, CNA NNOC, CWA, Federal, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Unions vs. Their Own Staff Unions
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Unions preach worker protections but practice something different with their own employees, as these recent staff union disputes show in abundance.
Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Already Upped Her Wild-Card Status On The PRO Act
by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 17, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, DOL, Faster Labor Contracts Act, Federal, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Politics, Pro Act, Sean O'Brien, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Research, Unionized Company, Unions
If there’s a current trend among D.C.-based politicians these days, it’s that labor policies will not be predictable down party lines.
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How Will GOP Senator Josh Hawley’s Pro-Union Legislation Fare In Light Of Trump 2.0?
by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 20, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, DOL, Employee Rights Act, Federal, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Politics, Pro Act, Sean O'Brien, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
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The One With the PRO Act Wildcard
by Kimberly Ricci | Nov 25, 2024 | AFL-CIO, CWA, DOL, Hospitality, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Politics, Pro Act, Sean O'Brien, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions, UNITE-HERE
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Surprise! The UAW Monitor’s Newest Report Reveals Shawn Fain’s Union to Be a Miserable Workplace
by Kimberly Ricci | Dec 1, 2025 | Corruption, Federal, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, Trending, UAW, Unions
The UAW’s federal watchdog was always destined to have a tough job, but Neil Barofsky's thirteenth report ratchets up the retaliation claims pointing toward one awful workplace.
LaborVision Forum For Healthcare: 15k NYC Nurses On Strike. This Is Healthcare In 2026.
by Phillip Wilson | Jan 12, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Healthcare, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Union Research
New Event Spring 2026: LaborVision Forum for Healthcare Nearly 15,000 nurses walked out this week at major New York City hospitals.
Friday Five: Strike Splits And Stalemates, Healthcare In Limbo, And More NLRB Movement
by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 23, 2026 | Federal, IAM, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Unions
It's Friday, and we have five labor-related stories that you might not have heard yet. These include unions' perspectives on a so-called "general strike" and healthcare in limbo.
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by Michael VanDervort | Feb 3, 2026 | Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Employees who are going to vote on union representation need to understand how unionization works, including the rules, obligations, and trade-offs involved.
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- Friday Five: Nursing Strikes, ACLU’s Free Speech Paradox, And Union Hypocrisy
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