Decertification Field Notes: Insights For HR Practitioners
Lessons from nine decertification campaigns.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 8, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, Decertification, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Legal, NLRB, Trending, Unionized Company
Lessons from nine decertification campaigns.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 6, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, Decertification, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Media, NLRB, SHRM, Unionized Company, Unions
In a recent SHRM article, titled When Employees Want Out: A Union Decertification Primer, Michael VanDervort explains why employee-driven efforts to remove union representation are legally sensitive, often misunderstood, and increasingly relevant for HR and labor relations teams.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 1, 2026 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Trending, Union Organizing, What's In Their Feed
AI at work has become an organizing issue, and it is showing up in different ways.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 23, 2026 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Collective Bargaining, CWA, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, NLRB, Union Organizing
The most pro-union age group, 72 percent among adults 18 to 34, is also the age group absorbing the sharpest entry-level hiring contraction on record, thanks in part to AI.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 18, 2026 | IAM, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SBWU, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
Social media has become a major force in modern labor organizing.
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