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Positive Employee Relations: Every Workplace Has A Next 52 Weeks.
Build a positive employee relations strategy with LRI’s free Next 52 Weeks video series covering frontline leadership, workplace culture, employee engagement, and union organizing risk.
2026 NLRB And Labor Law Changes: 3 Employer Developments
Three labor law developments in 48 hours narrowed NLRB authority and could reshape successor bargaining, state trigger laws, and joint-employer liability.
Friday Five: An NLRB Starbucks Ballot Dispute And Strikes From Pharmacists To Flight Attendants
This week: the NLRB rules on a contested Starbucks mail-in ballot election, plus new strikes and strike authorizations from grocery pharmacists to flight attendants.
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Q2 2026 NLRB data looks calm on the surface, RC election volume is down just 3% and union win rates are nearly flat. But look closer and the organizing footprint is shrinking, decertification pressure is building, and the Teamsters are trailing the field on wins. Here's what stood out in the first half of the year.
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Positive Employee Relations: Every Workplace Has A Next 52 Weeks.
Build a positive employee relations strategy with LRI’s free Next 52 Weeks video series covering frontline leadership, workplace culture, employee engagement, and union organizing risk.
Friday Five: An NLRB Starbucks Ballot Dispute And Strikes From Pharmacists To Flight Attendants
This week: the NLRB rules on a contested Starbucks mail-in ballot election, plus new strikes and strike authorizations from grocery pharmacists to flight attendants.
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When the Brand Is the Bargaining Chip | Apple Store to Close
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Friday Five: Shawn Fain Feels The Heat, And A Pharmacy Guild Founder Feels Rejection
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The Friday Five: Big Labor On The Field, AI In The Ring, And A Lonely NLRB On The Sidelines
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Unions and AI: Why the Labor Movement Is Split
Unions and AI: Trade unions are supporting AI work projects like data centers while nurses and entertainment unions push back. What employers need to know.
Sectoral Bargaining Strikes Again: How Will Massachusetts Rideshare Drivers Fare After Unionization?
Massachusetts certified the first rideshare union in the U.S., but very few drivers had any say. Here's what sectoral bargaining means for gig workers.
Wait, Is Shawn Fain Truly In Danger Of Losing His Presidential Role, And Worse?
A grand jury has subpoenaed UAW federal monitor Neil Barofsky over his watchdog reports, which detail President Shawn Fain's retaliatory conduct against rivals like Rich Boyer. With reelection season underway and Fain's own remarks adding fuel, the fallout could reach well beyond the ballot.
Friday Five: Nurses Ditch A Union, ILO Adopts A Gig Treaty, And NLRB Nominees Wait
This week: nurses decertify a union, the ILO adopts a gig work treaty, a pharmacy supervisor ruling, NLRB nominee news, and a Trump v. Slaughter update.
Labor Union Convention Season Is Here. Here’s What Employers Need to Watch.
Five of the largest labor union conventions in the United States take place this summer, including the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the UAW.
HEADLINE: Workers Organized by Unions Plummets in 2025
Newly Organized Workers Drop 38% in 2025. What the Numbers Really Say About Union Organizing.
The LRI RightNow Year-End 2024 Petitions And Elections Review Is Here
In 2025, labor relations issues are proving to be anything but predictable. From surging union activity to bold employer responses, 2024 was a whirlwind year that reshaped industries and left no corner of the labor world untouched.
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Friday Five: An NLRB Starbucks Ballot Dispute And Strikes From Pharmacists To Flight Attendants
This week: the NLRB rules on a contested Starbucks mail-in ballot election, plus new strikes and strike authorizations from grocery pharmacists to flight attendants.
Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Already Upped Her Wild-Card Status On The PRO Act
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Wait, Is Shawn Fain Truly In Danger Of Losing His Presidential Role, And Worse?
A grand jury has subpoenaed UAW federal monitor Neil Barofsky over his watchdog reports, which detail President Shawn Fain's retaliatory conduct against rivals like Rich Boyer. With reelection season underway and Fain's own remarks adding fuel, the fallout could reach well beyond the ballot.
Friday Five: An NLRB Starbucks Ballot Dispute And Strikes From Pharmacists To Flight Attendants
This week: the NLRB rules on a contested Starbucks mail-in ballot election, plus new strikes and strike authorizations from grocery pharmacists to flight attendants.
2026 NLRB And Labor Law Changes: 3 Employer Developments
Three labor law developments in 48 hours narrowed NLRB authority and could reshape successor bargaining, state trigger laws, and joint-employer liability.
Unions and AI: Why the Labor Movement Is Split
Unions and AI: Trade unions are supporting AI work projects like data centers while nurses and entertainment unions push back. What employers need to know.
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