Author: Kimberly Ricci

SEIU Check-up: Politics, Power, and a Side of Corruption

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | May 5, 2025 | Federal, Healthcare, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, SEIU, Trending, Unions

SEIU’s healthcare arm and its heavy-handed political approach are going hand-in-hand again, even while corruption rises elsewhere within the union.

Union Playbook 2.0: Skirting the NLRB

Posted 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

Employers should anticipate unions trying to pull other levers in their toolbox, including some seasoned methods that could be used in new ways.

Unpacking Union Pushback In The Art World

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 24, 2025 | AFGE, AFSCME, Bargaining/Negotiations, Education, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Service Industry, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

As with many sectors, organizing activity within the arts has been on the rise for the past few years.

Heads Up: Video Game Organizers Are Taking On Morphing Federal Labor Policy With UVW-CWA

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 21, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

These changes are motivating one deep-pocketed union in particular to modify their toolbox of strategies. That would be the Communication Workers Of America, which previously embarked upon an aggressive plan to unionize tech workers through its CODE-CWA (Coalition to Organize Digital Employees) initiative.