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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 22, 2025 | Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Lynne Fox, News, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Trending, Uncategorized, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unions, Workers United
Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has organized about 650 stores out of nearly 9,000 corporate-owned stores. That’s a lot of stores to be organized at any one employer, but not enough density to shut down the enterprise with a strike.
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 20, 2025 | Extraordinary Workplaces, Leader-Shift, Leader-Shift Playbook, Leader-Shift PLaybook, Leadership, Leadership, Media, News, Positive Workplace, Trending
We’re excited to share that Phillip B. Wilson’s The Leader-Shift Playbook: 4 Simple Changes to Score Big and Unleash Your Team’s Potential has been named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2025 NYC Big Book Award in the Business–General category.
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 16, 2025 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Politics, Trending
Cultural flashpoints are now a regular part of the workplace landscape. How can employers handle these colliding tensions?
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 10, 2025 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Legal, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions
Conflicting messaging abounds on what unions promise vs. what they can deliver in a workplace, so what’s the real story?
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Posted 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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