Higher Education Might Be Broken, But Unions Are Not The Solution
As we have previously detailed, a wild assortment of unions have gone poaching in higher ed to capitalize upon understandable Gen Z frustrations.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 25, 2024 | CWA, Education, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SEIU, UAW, Union Organizing, Unions
As we have previously detailed, a wild assortment of unions have gone poaching in higher ed to capitalize upon understandable Gen Z frustrations.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 22, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Last December, Starbucks requested to reopen negotiations with Workers United. This move arrived a full two years after the first Starbucks cafe unionized and over a year after contract negotiations stalled out.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 17, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Retail, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, UFCW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
A few years ago, unions aggressively entered the retail sector in an effort to make “the next Starbucks” happen.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 15, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Like many Big Labor leaders, Teamsters President Sean “Militant” O’Brien has been putting on a brave face regarding dwindling union membership numbers since he took office two years ago.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 10, 2024 | Cannabis, Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Politics, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company
Cannabis employers sit in an unenviable spot in 2024. It’s not easy to run a business that is not federally legal yet still required to adhere to federal law, including the National Labor Relations Act.
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