Kimberly Ricci, Author at Labor Relations News and Analysis

Friday Five: Starbucks Workers United’s Repeat, Fain’s Reckoning, And Chavez’s Erasure

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 28, 2026 | Corruption, Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Legal, News, NLRB, Trending, UAW, Unions

This week, Starbucks Workers United is retrying stale moves, UAW’s Shawn Fain draws mainstream scrutiny, and a court strikes down the NLRB’s successor bar.

The UAW’s Latest Seemingly Unlikely Craze: A Summer Of Attorney Strikes

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 24, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Strikes, Trending, UAW, Unions

The UAW’s poaching hard in other industries, and this summer, Shawn Fain’s union has waged several attorney strikes at public defenders’ offices.

Friday Five: Corruption, Contempt, And Court Rulings

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 21, 2026 | Corruption, Healthcare, IAM, IBT, ILWU, Labor Relations Ink, News, NLRB, SEIU, Trending, Unions

This week, a union local’s leadership is suspended over corruption, Shawn Fain is lashing out at judges, and a Teamsters nursing strike approaches a milestone.

When A Healthcare Strike Shrinks The Budget That Workers Are Fighting Over

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 19, 2026 | Healthcare, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Strikes, Trending, Unions

$6.4 million in strike costs, a reduced wage offer, and a union dispute over the math. One healthcare strike’s aftermath is growing particularly ugly.